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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- customerservice.rivercitybk@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: rivercity.bank@bk.ru
Reply-To: rivercityinvestmentgroup@hotmail.com
Date: 31 Jul 2021 00:45:58 -0700
Subject: RE: CHANGE OF YOUR BANK A/C DETAILS/REPLY URGENTLY!
DATE: 07/29/2021
MY DEAR,
Be informed that a payment file was sent to us on the 27th July 2021 from the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) regional Office here in which we have been asked to effect CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP of a fund that suppose to have been paid to you but we are not directed to release the fund to this beneficiary with the Bank account details as stated below, thus:-
BANK NAME: POSTBANK
BANK DDRESS: POSTBANK MÜNCHEN, 80318 MÜNCHEN -- GERMANY
A/C NO: DE83 10010010 523862108
A/C NAME: ROBER W JANNER
ROUTING NO: 10010010
SWIFT CODE: PBNKDEFFXXX
BANK TEL NO: + 022855005500
We decided to contact you first to verify if you have actually given your consent for the fund to be released to the aforementioned person, if not, we request you to reply to this mail urgently to object the instruction so that we can tell you the next step of action to take in the matter to enable you reclaim your fund.
We shall be looking forward to your urgent response to this message today and if you need further clarification, don't hesitate to get back to us by mail.
Thanks for your understanding
Yours in banking service
MS DANIELLA RUBY
(COMMERCIAL BANKING DEPT)
RIVER-CITY INVESTMENT BANK
NOTE: You can as well reach us on our alternative email address: customerservice.rivercitybk@yahoo.com
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