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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: "Mrs. Linda Jerry" <augustinedavid301@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrslindajerry782@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:54:44 -0700
Subject: Welcome WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK

Welcome WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK.
Address:5780 Franklin St, Michigan City, IN 46360, USA
Login website: https://www.woodforest.com/

I am Mrs. Linda Jerry General Director of Woodforest Bank, This

message is to official inform you that we have received payment

instructions we also congratulate you for been part of the investors

with our bank in Marginal we are reputed for offering quality

banking solutions. Our services in the industry are made simple to

assist clients /our customers in all transaction phases, planning

and management of finance.Therefore we are happy to inform you that

based on our recommendation/instructions, your Entire funds has

been gazetted for urgent release and will be credited through Our

bank Woodforest Bank. Further to your transaction, we are very

delighted to inform you that we are in receipt of your fund and the

payment transfer instruction given to our organization to further

remit the said funds to you via our Woodforest Bank, in view of this

we seek to inform you on the availability of your fund and its

subsequent remittance to you. which is a Financial Institution,

licensed by the Financial Services Commission, our services is to

Arrange Your Payment through E-Banking (Online/ Internet Banking) .

This Service will offer you the luxury and convenient of

transferring your fund through the use of your Computer by accessing

your account Online and subsequently making Transfers with the use

of the Details that we will provide to you. It is a new and modern

form of Fund Transfer and its is SAFE, SECURE AND CONVENIENT

Inconclusive we wish to enlighten you our conduct of operation and

service rendering. Dear customer we are to inform you that it the

obligation of every of our customer to open ONLINE Banking account

here in our bank in which he/her will use to transfer the fund into

your local bank account. Your funds was deposited in Woodforest Bank

for online bank transfer and the entire United Nations and United

States Secretary of the Treasury has made every necessary

arrangement to transfer your funds to you via E-online bank transfer

through our banking system since you were unable to receive your

funds after every stories that you heard so far and all the

unnecessary payment that you have been make , so the whole United

Nations and United States Secretary of the Treasury Sec. Steven

Mnuchin Has concluded to compensate you with the sum of $18 million

United State Dollars plus your due funds of $5 Hundred Thousand

United States Dollars making your due funds valued total sum of US

$18.5 Million United State Dollars.

Personal Information to open online Bank account and give you the

Login details
to Transfer your Fund Request.

Account Holder:
Holder's Phone number:
Holder's Address:
Holder's Date Of Birth:
Nationality:
Next Of Kin:

Your urgent respond is highly needed as soon as possible for

immediate proceed of your online banking.
Signed/ Approveda
Mrs. Linda Jerry
General manager
Woodforest Bank

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