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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 RAZACK PHILIPS <infor.payment11221@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lacaixabankl4@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:54:48 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION.BENEFICIARY,

ATTENTION.BENEFICIARY,

The management has approved the settlement of your transaction through
our affiliated bank in Spain, final approval and a priority payment
instruction has been issued to our corresponding La Caixa Bank of
Spain to transfer your funds total sum of 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS (ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) to your designated Bank
account, therefore you are advised to urgently contact the La Caixa
bank of Spain as the payment directive has been issued and
communicated to them in your favour, so do not delay to contact them
with your bank details.

Bank Name: La Caixa Bank
Email: lacaixabankl4@gmail.com
Telephone no: +34 632 719 396

SINCERELY YOURS.
MR RAZACK PHILIPS

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