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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 PAUL SIMTH <muellerdavid801@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rbcroyallbankofcanada9@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 05:01:05 -0800
Subject: RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada

RBC) Royal Bank Of Canada
14 park ave Lac Du Bonnet Manitoba Canada


We are to Notify you about the latest development concerning your
payment that is left in our custody, besides, you are given a bill of
Sum in order to receive your payment of $12,000,000,000 USD which we
didn’t hear from you for some time now. Hence, we are now offering a
New Year BONUS to help all our customers that are having their payment
in our custody due to high prices. In other words, we are now
requesting that you should pay only the sum of $250 to receive funds
for your payment abandoned in our custody by online transfer or ATM
card if you wish so. Therefore you are requested to send the fee of $250
only by iTunes or CARD, amazon’ Steam Wallet is also ACCEPTED because
it can be redeemed for cash all we need is a picture of the card only.

Be advised that the bank has already created an online transfer with
the account that opened in your favor name, in which the
$12,000,000,00 of your funds has been transferred to the account that
our bank opened in your favor. The online banking account details are
as follows.

Welcome! To - Royal Bank Of Canada (RBC) Secure Account Page
Account Name

Account Type
Activate


Online Banking Account
Created Opened


Account Balance
$12,000,000,000


Account Number
239936957

Royal Bank Sort Code
6021253365


Name Of Bank (RBC)
International Money Transfer


Input
Released

Swift Code 053904483
Account Number 6021253365.

I will be forwarding you the account logging details to enable you
access your funds online and proceed on transfer to your designated
bank account in any part of the world Or the Tracking Number Of Your ATM
Card Delivery to enable you to Monitor the Arrived of your ATM without
any further delay as soon as you update our copy of the Google play card of
the required Fee is $250 to take notes.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr PAUL SIMTH
(rbcroyallbankofcanada9@gmail.com)
The President and CEO

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