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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: BICP INC <annna27277@gmail.com>
Reply-To: incbicpi@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:42:51 +0100
Subject: Good News About Your Pending Transactions


OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION!!!

Dear Sir ,

I am writing to you today because of the importance of this message.
During our recent assignment in Deutsche Bank office we found out that your
Name were among the pending Transactions for an Undisclosed Transaction
Reference ( DB/GT09280/TT/A29) amounting US$145,869,880 (USD) and
€78,556,990 (EURO).

The Pending Transaction was registered and discovered in your Name /
Company Name in the past .

We shall send you the Pending Transaction Proofs for your Pending
Transaction.
--
R.J.C. Wolfgang
Transaction Investigator
Auditors & Financial Flow
*CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any
attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain
confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected
from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or
their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please
immediately alert the sender by reply email incbicp@outlook.com
<incbicp@outlook.com> and then delete this message and any attachments. If
you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use,
dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is
strictly prohibited.*

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