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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: Office <johnsoncampbell061@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ofcoffice@secretary.net
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:14:59 +0100
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

Attention:



A Power of Attorney was forwarded to our office this morning by one
gentle man, he is an American national and HIS Name is Mr Gerald L.
Osborne, This man claimed to be your representative and this power of
attorney stated that you are dead, he brought an account to replace
your information in other to claim your fund of($10.5Million) which is
now lying in a dormant account UNCLAIMED, below is the Address he have
submitted:

FULL NAME: Gerald L. Osborne.
FULL ADDRESS : 407 Krisen Ct Mount Juliet, TN 37122-2577, USA
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER: 727-421-49921
OCCUPATION: Retired.
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE :: Married, 62 Years
Bank name: REGIONS BANK
Account #: 0265173448.
Routing #: 026005490.
Bank Address: 1990 Providence Parkway, Mount Juliet, TN 37122, USA.

It is further informed that this power of attorney also stated that
you suffered and died of (COVID-19) pandemic. You are therefore given
24hrs to confirm the truth in this information, If you are still
alive, You are to contact us back immediately, Because we work 24 hrs
just to ensure that we monitor all the activities going on in regards
to the transfer of beneficiaries inheritance and contract payment. You
are to call this office immediately for clarifications on this matter
as we shall be available 24 hrs to speak with you and give you the
necessary guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is wired to
you immediately and also be informed that any further delay from your
side could be dangerous, as we will not be held responsible for any
wrong payment.So kindly contact us urgently if you are Alive as we
have his identification and residence he provided for this payment to
be wired to his account. N / B Note that you will required to pay the
Waiver Certificate Release Bound administrative charge for file
endorsement processing charge.

As soon as the fee is received, we shall immediately commence the
transfer of your total funds through our ONLINE BANK TRANSFER and also
dispatch your ATM VISA CARD to you and it will take only 48hours to
arrive to your address to enable you start withdrawing funds the same
day from any ATM machine nearest to you. You can contact us with this
email.

Thank you for banking with INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ICBC) USA.


Warmest regards,
Service Executive Mr. Oscar Edward Jr.
CEO, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ICBC) USA.
Address:ICBC (USA) NA. 202 Canal St, New York, NY 10013, United States
Phone: (+1)917 672 6997

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