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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: SANTANDER BANK <files7394@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usasantanderbankusa@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 14:57:09 -0700
Subject: Urgent contact on whats App below: +1(320)3721511 because am busy to
reply on the email::usasantanderbankusa@gmail.com

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Attention,Email Owner /ATM Card Beneficiary

This is Mrs Sandra Jean Wright the Bank Manager of USA Santander Bank,
I hope you have got our previous email and you still keeping silent
for the long time. As we told you about the $3.500.000.00 USD which we
got the alert of the deposit from the Benin Republic president and the
IMF international Monitory Funds as your fund compensation which they
stated that they were compensating all the scam victims and luckily
your information including your email appeared on the scam list and
that is the reason you are among of the compensation receivers since
January 2021,

The government of Benin Republic has finally paid all the fee to
upload your $3.500.000.00 into ATM visa card Or to transfer the funds
to you via Online Bank wire transfer Or Through Bitcoin wallet
transfer but it remains the activation fee of your payment files
before any of this transfer will take place,

Here is the 3 options to get the $3.500.000.00 to you, Now choose from
the assign options,

I. To transfer the fund via Online bank wire to transfer to your account bank,
2.To upload the $3.500.000.00 into ATM visa card and ship to you
3.To transfer the funds via bitcoin wallet transfer.

Due to your silent Or Over failing to send the payment for the long
time we the USA Santander Bank has finally planned to loan your funds
$3.500.000.00 to our customer Mr Richard Lucky by next week Monday if
you fail to pay the $50.00 for the activation fee today and receive
your ATM card/transfer, So am here to advised you to send $50.00 itune
card/Steam wallet card immediately today so i can personally work on
your ATM card /transfer activation and get delivered/transfer to you
against the monday,

Urgent contact on whats App below: +1(320)3721511 because am busy to
reply on the email::usasantanderbankusa@gmail.com
Regards
USA Santander Consumer Bank manager
Mrs.Sandra Jean Wright
+1(320)3721511

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