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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: "Dr. Henry Rowsthorn" <dols8752@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msbuffytuttle@civistacreditservice.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 09:16:15 +0800
Subject: Re: Good News

COVID-19 Relief Fund

Civista Bank (CB).
7455 Old Troy Pike,
Huber Heights, Ohio 45424,
United States of America,

Good day

I write to inform you that the COVID-19 pandemic payment scheme going on
now has made the Civista Bank (CB) to waive some policies that may be
holding your payments or stopping the completion of your uncompleted
delayed transaction.


After due consultation the Government has agreed to pay One hundred and
seventy five million individuals in the COVID-19 Payment scheme and have
mapped out about Two trillion United States Dollars to enable us to meet
the said target. However we also noticed that thousands of Americans and
non-Americans have uncompleted transactions from around the world due to
strict policies and if these uncompleted transactions are released it will
go a long way to reduce Americans and non-Americans that will be included
in the above mentioned COVID-19 payment scheme.


For each of these individuals a payment of us300,000 (Three hundred
thousand United States Dollars) will be released and since you are one of
them, you are directed to contact the Payment Coordinator immediately with
your ID to apply for and claim your payment today. The Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) has permitted us the Civista Bank (CB) to initiate a direct
transfer to your account.
Kindly respond to this message with all the required information's

1.Name,
2.Your address,
3.Your phone number,
4.Your bank details to further transfer your funds into your account.
5.Your occupation
6.A Copy of your ID


Contact: Ms.Buffy Tuttle
Deposit Operations Manager,
Civista Bank(CB).
Email: msbuffytuttle@civistacreditservice.com

As advised by the World Health Organization, we advise that you continue to
wash your hands regularly and stay safe at home. Please send all replies to
msbuffytuttle@civistacreditservice.com

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DISCLAIMER NOTICE: Information contained in this email is confidential &
intended for the addresses only. Any dissemination, distribution, copying
or use of this communication without prior permission from the address is
strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this
communication, please delete it permanently without copying, disclosing or
otherwise using its contents, and notify the (CB) immediately

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