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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: "Did you authorise ?" <mrs.esthsego@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wilkinstrice7@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:51:23 +0100
Subject: Urgent

*Office of the Admin ManagerFirst State Bank New YorkSir/Madam,Following
the approval of payment of $10,5 Million by the White House Economic Team
in your favor, be informed that every necessary arrangement to release the
fund to you have been concluded and surprisingly a couple of hours to the
release of the fund, we received an authorisation for a change of the
receiving bank account coordinates from one Ms. Jennifer Anderson claiming
to be your attorney and that she has been sent by you to submit the change
of account information.Hereunder is the banking co-ordinates she submitted
for First State Bank to wire the fund; Bank Name: Wells Fargo BANK
ADDRESS: 4170 Pleasant Hill Road Duluth, NA 30096 U.S.A.
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/4170+Pleasant+Hill+Road+Duluth,+NA+30096+U.S.A.?entry=gmail&source=g>
Account
No: 245-135922291-1-42 ROUTING NUMBER: 061000227 , Account Name: Mark
HowardPlease, you should as a matter of urgency confirm if actually she is
your legal representative before First State Bank can release your fund.
This is to avoid payment to a wrong person as First State Bank will not be
held liable for wrongful transfer if we do not hear from you upon the
receipt of this email and the transfer is carried out to the information
she provided.Should Ms. Jennifer Anderson not be acting on your
instructions, do confirm your full contact address as well as your direct
telephone number(s) so that further updates regarding this approved
COVID-19 relief package can be communicated to you.Note that it is our duty
to protect our customers so we need to verify before the transfer can be
made to the forwarded bank account given to us by Ms. Jennifer
Anderson.Awaiting your urgent response.Yours Sincerely,Wilkins T.RiceFirst
State Bank*

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