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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: crissman Robert <crissmanrobert01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 17:07:16 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT

Navy Federal Credit Union
820 Follin Lane, Nfcu Headquarters Building,
Lobby Level, Vienna, VA 22180.
United States of America
Routing Number: 256074974
www.navyfederal.org

24/7 Member Services: 1-917-508-5702

IMMEDIATE FUND WIRE TRANSFER

Attention; Beneficiary,

In reference to our today's meeting which we promised of releasing
your funds through the benefit of our online banking system, So it's
our pleasure to inform you now that we have created an online account
here in our bank on your name, and have credited your funds with its
accumulated interests valued $10,503,278.00 into the account, and
below are the details of the online account so you could personally
start transferring your funds to any bank account of your choice in
any part of the world.

Now to access and transfer your funds online, click on the bellowed
link, and when the link opens, then enter the bellowed online account
number and pin number as given here-under.

www.navyfederal.org

ACCOUNT NUMBER; 1522879806
PIN NUMBER; 7090

You can transfer your funds from your Online account to any bank
account number to any part of the world. You can transfer it on
installment (bit by bit) or at once to your personal bank account
depending as you wish.

To start the transfer, you should simply click on TRANSFERS at the top
of your account page after logging in, and a form will show up for you
to fill in your personal account details where you intend to receive
the funds, after filling your personal account details in the form,
you then click SUBMIT for the transmission to begin.

You should do that immediately and get back to us so we can update our
records here, reconfirm your contact details as listed below.

1. Your Full Name................
2. Your Telephone No..........
3. Your Receiving Country................
4. Your Home Address........

You are hereby warned not to share the above Online account
information with any third party, for it contravenes our Banking
policy, hence we would not be held responsible when you share the
information and lose the funds there in your Online account.

So in case you encounter any difficulty towards transferring your
funds from the Online account to your personal bank account, you
should write to us immediately for more guidelines.

Now Your New Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632
Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 And Your Certificate Of Merit
Payment No: 103, NFU Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex
Confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: Xxtn013, Having Received
These Vital Payment Numbers, You Are Qualified Now To Received And
Confirm Your Payment Immediately Within The Next 7hrs From The Help Of
This Honorable Office, Navy Federal Credit Union Bank.

Waiting to hearing from you,

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Robert Crissman Jr.
Wire Transfer Director.

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