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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: good Man <mangood824@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:11:50 +0000
Subject: Please crosscheck the above bank details and give your consent for
the payment into this account.


In compliance and fulfillment of this year first and second quarter legal
payment
Mandate given to this office (Notary Public of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria) by the Presidency On Contract Payment And Legal Approval in
conjunction with Federal Ministry of Finance to make sure that all
outstanding payment of Inheritance/Contract Debts using recovered cash
from corrupt politicians as recommended by the World Bank are legally
executed without any charge of upfront payment required by a
beneficiary by any paying bank, we therefore wish to inform you that
This office is making every arrangement with much effort to have your
payment legally released into your hands without any charge or upfront
charge of any kind.

However, it is a thing of surprise that as we are making all
arrangements to affect your payment, we have received several bank
details with different account names requesting this office to change
your Account Details for receiving your Outstanding Fund.

One of the bank account details is as follows…………

BANK NAME : TSB
BANK ADDRESS : RICHMOND YORKS BRANCH (777155)
2 FRENCHGATE, RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE,
DL 10 4JG ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.
SWIFT CODE : 777155
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 16160668
IBAN : GB02 LOYD 7771 5516 1606 68
BIC (SWIFT) : LOYDGB21G39
BENEFICIARY : MRS. BARBARA F. C. WILLIAMS

Please crosscheck the above bank details and give your consent for the
payment into this account.

This request to change your Account was backed by an "Affidavit" with
a detailed report claiming you were involved in a fire accident that
gutted your House Just Last week and lying critically ill in emergency
Unit of Hospital in the United States.

You are therefore advised to confirm directly to this office
if you authorized this change of your receiving Account Details.

We look forward to your prompt response.

Thanks for your Cooperation.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Joseph Okon
Notary Public
The Federal Republic of Nigeria
234-7018166351

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