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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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Fraud email example:

From: Royal Bank Of Canada <moneygram.centre11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankcentral855@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:07:37 +0300
Subject: instructions

(RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada.
1122 International Blvd. Burlington,
Ontario L7L 6Z8 Canada.
Email: (bankcentral855@gmail.com)
$9.500,000,00 million united state Dollars USD Payment notification
from Royal Bank Of Canada (RBC).

Congratulations Dear Lucky Winner

I am Mr. David I McKay the President and CEO Royal Bank Of Canada
(RBC).The Board of Trustees and Management of (RBC) Royal Bank Of
Canada wish to officially inform you today that your outstanding
Coca-Cola Company Winning fund valued at the total sum of
$9.500,000,00 which was deposited with our bank here in Canada to your
name many years ago has been legally approved and Authorized by the
European Union committee on Foreign Payment Resolution, following with
the payment release letter we received from the Canadian Finance
Ministry and Canadian Ambassador to U.S, for onward transfer,
therefore, an instruction to credit your fund have been given to this
Bank by the (FRB) Federal Reserve Bank Of Scotland for immediate
release of your fund to your bank account.

Be informed that your fund transfer notification latter has been
forwarded to the Central Bank Of Canadian and to the General Director
Of (I.M.F) International Monitoring Fund Office in America for final
approval, and this is because to transfer such huge amount of money we
really have to notify every offices that is concern in any
International fund transfer that is moving out of Canada just to avoid
any problem when making the payment to your bank account, but we have
successfully gotten some of the fund release approval documents from
the legal department regarding this transaction.

Note that the (RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada Established in Ontario as of
1782 by Charles III, today the bank is a member of the Canadian System
of Central Banks. It is also the national supervisor of all the
banking system around Canada, and as such any transaction made out of
this bank must go successfully into the beneficiary's bank account
without any hitch, and be informed that every documentations required
in your fund transfer must be fully secured and send to you as soon as
possible for proof and file keeping before we can proceed.

However, we the Royal Bank Of Canada hereby advise you to quickly
reconfirm your full banking information to this bank before we can
proceed with the claim process of your fund, and this is to avoid any
mistake or wrongful transaction, and we will not be responsible for
any lost of fund, so as a result of this we now advise you to kindly
get back to us with your Residential Home Address and your complete
Banking details as to enable the management of this bank facilitate
the smooth release of your fund to your account.

Upon the confirmation of your full details as instructed we will send
our Bank Attorney to proceed with securing of the necessary legal
documents in your name with immediate effect, and note With the
transfer arrangements in place, you are advised to send your Mandatory
Endorsement fees which include, Fund Registration Fee Documentation &
Stamp Duty Fees and Cost of Transfer Immediately as requested by the
Department of Finance and International Remittance Department Royal
Bank of Canada (RBC) in accordance with the stipulations and foreign
transfer regulation act. The Total fees for your fund are $239.00USD
as indicated. You should be aware of the fact that your prize money is
under insurance coverage and as result of that the transfer charges
cannot be deducted from the winning sum until your prize money is
transferred to you wholesomely without tampering by any person, no
charge/charges can be withdrawn or deducted from your winning fund
until the fund is transferred into
your nominated bank account.

Thank you for choosing Royal Bank Of Canada.

1. Name In Full :
2. Residential Address :
3. Nationality :
4. Age :
5. Sex
6. Occupation :
7. Direct Phone :
8. Present Country :
9. Email address :
Yours Faithfully,

David I Mckay
The President and CEO.
(RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada.

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