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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: usbank <helentyoakaa86@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usbank218@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:47:28 +0100
Subject: USA Bank Plc: Attention Beneficiary Are You Dead Or Alive

USA Bank Plc
324 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach, FL 33480,
SWIFT (US): USBKUS44XXX
Founded: United States of America
Hours: Open 24 Hours
Phone Number:(+1971) 260-3789

For Your Information:

After today's board meeting of the Treasury, the United States
Department of the Treasury, the IRS, the Reserve Bank and the World
Bank Directorate it was gathered hat the overdue compensation fund
worth of US $25 Million has been depositing this bank for onward
payment. The reason for this is because of the scam victims that lost
a lot of money to African and European Fraudsters,

You are hereby advised to stop all the time and you will end up at nothing.

RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.

Your Full Name__
Your Residential Address__
Your Sex / Age__
Occupation_
Telephone / Fax __
Next of Kin__

The US bank will immediately remit your account once I reconfirm your
banking details.For further details and assistance on this Remittance
Notification, kindly forward your FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS,
TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS directly to this mailbox (usbank218@gmail.com)

Your utmost response is needed to proceed with your payment.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for choosing US Bank.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Rick Ruzzi
Executive Region Manager

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