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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.James Comey <drrosemarythompson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <afbank@vipmail.hu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 03:13:38 +0800
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

Monetary Crimes Division and Counterterrorism.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar.
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC

Attn:

Base on the information's reaching us from IRS and our Monitoring Network System (MNS) some illegal officers, in the Apex Bank whose names you find listed below, have been apprehended by the legal authorities, for not releasing your Inheritance/ Contract payment. Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo , Dr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Tunde Lemo ,MR.CISSE ADIN,MRANDY MISRA, Mr. Ernest Obi, Mr. Tony Wood, Mr Oliver Alawuba in collaboration with , Zenith Bank, Oceanic bank , First Bank, SKYE BANK LOME TOGO UBA BANK EKO BANK and Western Union. Billions of dollars was recovered from their accounts.

The new united nation new york, Rev. Wilson P KLERK, has approved the payment of $10.5m (ten million, five hundred thousand U.S. dollars) through its bank to bank transfer we also agreed with the World Bank and the Fund International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be handled payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by these corrupt officials.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee your payment, by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) We are pleased to inform you that based on our recommendation / instructions;. The fund contract / inheritance claim Everything has been credited in your favor through our paying bank.

You are therefore advice to contact: Mr. Daniel Lopez Afed Bank UN payiny BANK USA, EMAIL: afbank@vipmail.hu, Tel: +1 (213) 421-1754 collect the receipt of original payment with your pin and transfer access code. As soon as you submit these codes and your payment slip to your bank, they will credit your account without delay.

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO RE COMFIRM YOUR INFORMATION TO AVOID TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT

Your Name Bank:
Your Bank address:
Your bank account number:
Routing No:
Swift Code No:
Account name:
Age and occupation:Q
Your driving liecnse:
Full Name:
Home Address:
Your Direct telephone, mobile and fax number:

Mr.James Comey
HEAD OF RESEARCH
FEDERAL BUREAU OF
RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC

N / B: The afbank has assured the FBI that your payment will be released within 72 hours of work at most and an additional $ 20,000 will be paid to you if they fail to deliver within know that the bank will open online account for you to make the transfer by your sife

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