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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: "BOE.org" <officeoffic338@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:17:21 +0100
Subject: Did you asked any one to claim your fund???

Bank of England
Threadneedle Street,
London EC2R 8AH

Attention:
RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.

It may interest you to know that my name is Karen Joy, Manager of
Operations Bank of England. With regards to your pending payment from
contract/inheritance/lottery winnings prices approved.

I have therefore discovered that a new bank account has been submitted
to divert your approved sum of £20,150,000.00 GBP payment to a German
bank A/c as stated below:

FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C NO.: 367840545
SWIFT CODE: 50050201
BENEFICIARY: CERSTIN WENGER.

The new account was submitted with a letter stating that you have
died, and have directed the new beneficiary to claim your fund. You
are therefore required to urgently confirm if this development is true
and has your authority to claim your fund on your behalf. All
arrangements to effect payment to the new bank account have been
completed, but are kept pending until I hear from you my self.

Respond immediately with your full details, so that all perceived
anomalies will be corrected, to ensure that we do not release your
fund to the wrong person(s).

Sincerely,

Karen Joy
Manager of Operations - Bank of England

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