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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: SUNTRUST BANK <christianmarie816@gmail.com>
Reply-To: suntrustbank697@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 08:44:39 -0700
Subject: Attention: Sir/Madam:

Attention: Sir/Madam:

My name is Honorable Mark Kelley, the SUNTRUST Bank Manager/Financial
Director to the Government of the U.S.A Federation. I wishes to inform
you that after a long lasted meeting held by the World Bank, United
Nations & I.M.F including all the members states of the United Nations
countries representatives across the globe which ended seven days, it
was reportedly alarmed at the high rate of Scams and Frauds attacks
presently coming around the world and precisely from West Africa
countries to the innocent citizens of the world like you by making
things difficult for you to receive your funds amount of (US$16Million
United States Dollars), we have confirmed that this funds is
officially assigned & belongs to you and as a result of this we deem
it appropriate to intimate you that the world representatives have
agreed during the meeting that we recall all UNPAID FUNDS from around
the globe especially from Africa & which we have already finalized the
recalling of the funds two days ago and the funds are presently lodged
with our bank here in U.S.A. The SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A is the bank
presently officially assigned & approve to release your funds to you
to ensure that your must receive your funds this time around without
any further scam acts by those fraudsters to you, we actually
presently made this step after the US financial protection and
monitoring unit dictates that innocent citizens like you had lost a
lot of money to Fraudsters, criminals and scammers.

As a result of the above mentioned, we make this protective move due
to the inability & failure of those previous scam people you are
dealing with to complete the transaction for you. This is also in line
with the instructions of the USA Treasurer, the White House Financial
Authority & the government of the USA in general in compliance to
section 3 subsection 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted
in 2001 after an attack on our dear country on September 11,2001.

This payment program is approve that your total funds amount of
(US$16Million Dollars) will presently be pay/release to you through
online bank account system. We have scrutinized and ascertained
approval that our bank, The SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A will immediately
release the said funds of yours to you by the online banking system
which we deem 100% secure for you to presently receive your funds. We
are here to inform you that we have concluded all necessary
arrangements and your funds payment will immediately be effected
through the approve online bank account opening on your behalf. The
system is for our bank the The SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A to set up a
personalized on-line (real time) account for you where your total
FUNDS amount of(US$16Million Dollars) will be deposited, following
which you can access the funds directly effect transfers by yourself
to any account of your choice to any bank in the world.

Hence you reply to this email and contact with our bank, The SUNTRUST
BANK, U.S.A , we will issued your online account to you together with
the password through which you can use to access your online account
with us on this our official website https:suntrustbank.com and
commence your funds transfer to you personal bank account & also
effect transfers by yourself to any account of your choice to any bank
in the world.

We the, the SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A already have some of your
information which we have on your payment file with us here.
Meanwhile, to ensure that your information here on file with us is
appropriately correct, you are also required to immediately reply via
this below stated contact information.

E-Mail:suntrustbank697@gmail.com
Website: https://suntrustbank.com
Tel.:+1(501) 485-0022

You are to reconfirm / send us your full personal information,
including your phone and I.D, you have to send the stated details to
us the SUNTRUST BANK, U.S.A for us to reconfirm and ensure that we are
actually dealing with the rightful owner of the funds and for the
100% security and avoid an eventual paying out of the funds to a wrong
person, we need to urgently hear back from you so we can instantly
process and finalize the setting up of your on-line account. You may
wish to mention more detail regarding your funds in Africa and the
failed transactions you had and still presently having in other
countries to facilitate the process.

We are now set to immediately arrange and credit your account
accordingly, and give you the relevant access codes. You will
thereafter access the funds directly and operate the account as you
may deem fit. Please treat this as very urgent as to facilitate urgent
due to portfolio constraints. As you reply and kindly revert to me for
further clarifications on any matter of concern, my dear, this is
still the opportunity for you and you have to urgently comply so that
your funds will immediately get to your custody. Still remember that
after (Some Days) you did not comply, then i Will have not other
option than to regard your funds as unclaimed and divert it to USA
Government Reserve Fund Government Treasury.

Please treat this as a matter of urgency .
Sincerely Yours,

HONOURABLE MARK KELLEY,
THE USA SUNTRUST BANK MANAGER/FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE U.S.A FEDERATIONS

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