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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 Oh Joon <goossenslious14272@gmail.com>
Reply-To: raymondcosh7@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 07:17:52 +0100
Subject: Attn;Please" Beneficiary"

Attention,

I requested for your email address so that I will speak with you, and
explain to you directly what need to be done, and I will be happy if
you reply this message as soon as you get this.

To Start with, the online Funds processing and transfer as you know
has been totally stopped by the authorities of this Bank on May 11,
2021, after so much fraud and online criminals penetration associated
with this. Majority of Banks has been discouraging customers over this
method of choice, as that is so prone to fraud, scam and internet
hacking. This is the reason of course, I sent for your email so as to
give you professional advice towards this.

Our Bank is unique and specializes with what we call B2 Wire Route.
And this has been our professional and most safe ways of sending funds
to customers across the globe. And today, I will advise and recommend
you to choose this method. It is fast, safe, and above all more
reliable and less cost.

The only thing needed from you is your Full name, address, Phone
number, and your next of kin. Your account Number is not needed on
this process. We will use your above details to establish the B2
command route, and wire the Funds there, give you the log in details,
and you can access that. Then from the B2 command buttons, you can
then direct your Funds to any account of your choice over there.

Unlike online transfer you know, this process is less cost, all it
will cost is 290 USD the cost of National security Grant Memo. Because
the National security must give approval ever before we start the B2
command, otherwise, it will be stopped along the transit level.

Therefore, if you agree with this, and accept the explanation above, I
will then direct you on where to make the above payment, and once that
is done, you will provide your details as I listed above, and the
transaction will commence. This process and its completion will not
take more than 6 hours.

Thank you for your understanding and I look forward to hearing from you.

Mr Oh Joon.

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