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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. Mark Deacon" <creaketaward2010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefin018@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:28:51 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU???

Good Morning,

I hope you are safe from the Covid19 pandemic. I am obliged to
communicate to you through this medium as the head of the Legal Unit,
LACAIXA Bank Spain. The bank has your personal details as the next of
kin to our deceased customer with the following details:

Account Name: Kos
Account Number; 0359752306
Swift Code: LAUTCAXK418
Iban Number: DE07370700600359752306
Account Holder's Address: Klingenthaler Weg 19, 99085 Erfurt,
Deutschland, Germany
Bank's Address: LACAIXA Bank,onubense 101,21001 Huelva, Spain

You are by this official notice expected to make an official
application for the claim of his funds with the bank as his legal and
legitimate next of kin. Kos until his death was a regular customer
with our bank and has maintained a good relationship with the bank.The
knowledge of his death came to the bank officially at the reopening of
work after the ravaging pandemic, we sincerely sympathize with you
over his death.

Thanks.

Mr. Mark Deacon
Head Legal Unit
LACAIXA Bank,
onubense 101,
21001 Huelva, Spain

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