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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: "IBBV VAULTS" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 22:41:22 -0500
Subject: INHERITANCE CLAIM

Attention Beneficiaries.

Greetings to you and the rest of your family, the IBBV private vaults with his affiliate and reputation with the best financial institutions around the globe, has commence the payment and release of all inheritance claims, kept by families, Banks, cooperate bodies and VIPS.

The second quarter commence at the start of the winter season, this was as a result of an upgrade and renovations of our headquarters in Brussels, we are deeply sorry for this delay and late notice, you are advice to re-confirm your personal details for easy assessment and immediate claim, our record indicate your inheritance claims to be $21,700,000,00. twenty one million seven hundred thousand US Dollars.

Finally, you are advice to urgently provide and re-confirm your personal details, age, occupation, marital status, country of origin and a copy of any ID Card, and your confirmation number is ( HRC REF 00 777 40 ) please confirm.

Best Of Regards
Ivan Grumberg
Director/Vault Head IBBV Private Vaults
Zurich and Brussels
Email: OZERGvaults@protonmail.ch
For Calls and Texts, WhatsApp: 32-460-230-442
Zurich Swiss Office Customer Service only for further inquiries
For Texts only.- 41-798

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