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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. MARSHAL HENRY" <mackkdon@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.marshalhenry00@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:26:26 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent...

Attention: Beneficiary. Are you dead or alive:

Please note that the owner of the email address:

As a result of the meeting with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all fraud
victims here in West Africa and Togo for a total of $2,000,000.00 USD
US -Dollar.

This is our official notice that your name has been shortlisted for
the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Fraud Victim
Rehabilitation Program and you are eligible to receive a $2,000,000.00
payment as one of the compensation funds of the cheated victim were
listed and approved by our international Monetary Fund (IMF)
affiliated bank ORABANK SA TOGO has instructed to release your funds
in your favor via online or ATM VISA CARD
.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) affiliated ORABANK SA TOGO has made
all the arrangements for you to release your money but now our problem
here is that a woman Susan Michael came to the bank to tell us you are
dead and prior to her death that she instructed her to come to your
fund's claim of $2 million in reparation, which is in your
name with our Scam Victims Rehabilitation Scheme of the ORABANK SA fund.

i) Have you authorized Mrs. Susan Michael to collect your Fund Claim?
ii) Are you really aware of this?
iii) Account number that brought them to our bank.

Ms. Susan Michael
Chatham, Ontario, Canada Bank Name/Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Account Number/18091266112 Bank Code: 91 10 36 Swift Code: BOFI IE 2D

Please respond as soon as you receive this email before sending the
money will be transferred to your account. Note: You will need to
reconfirm the information below to
ensure you have the right to receive your money.

A)Your full name====
B)Full address=====
C)Phone number===
D) Gender and age=====
E) Type of work (occupation)


We await an urgent reply from you .

Best regards,

MR. MARSHALL HENRY
Your Appointed Account Officer
ORABANK SA TOGO

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