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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: Regions Financial Corporation Bank <ibrahimusmanmlf02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rcorporatebank@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 01:09:56 +0200
Subject: Bank of the Financial Corporation of the region,

Bank of the Financial Corporation of the region,
14965 N Florida Ave,
Tampa, FL 33613, USA


How are you today

I am pleased to announce today that a new payment policy has been
adopted and that you have been shortlisted for payment through the
Regional Bank's online banking, as we have advised that we intend to
provide you with our unparalleled services while retaining the scope
assigned to us at the Personal Online opening. account. Please note
that the current situation regarding your payment can be called very
sensitive and that it is currently under the control of International
Banking and Financial Securities under the control of internal
security.

As a result, all forms of negotiation arising from deductions of any
form of fees, levies or taxes will not be conducted on funds awaiting
satisfactory documentation. From the outset, it is essential to insure
your assets by providing an appropriate insurance policy, a particular
category of reported transactions aims to ensure that transactions
involving legally derived assets or assets of unclear origin require
the raising of a contracted insurance policy, in other words , the
purpose of insurance is the transfer of risk from the insured to the
insurer, ie insurance companies act as financial intermediaries
providing a financial risk transfer service financed by the payment of
insurance premiums received from insurance policyholders.

The origin of the funds ($ 17.5 million) is the result of instructions
and approval from the Director of International Supervision and Fraud
Control, the United Nations and the debt redemption process followed
by major financial organizations such as the International Monetary
Fund (IMF). ) and the World Bank to mitigate the debt of sustainable
clients like you to sustain future investment prospects.

We hereby inform you that the Regional Bank of Florida has been
instructed to open an online account on your behalf in order to credit
your account with an approved amount of US $ 17,500,000.00 million USD
only as directed by the United Nations. Next, please try to email us
the following information for immediate processing.

Full names:
Address:
Age:
Earth:
phone number:
IDENTITY CARD:

Hello,
g. John M Turner
President / CEO, Regions Financial Corp

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