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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: MRS MAUREEN CARROLL <shroun21@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bqueduca@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:32:55 -0500
Subject: FUND RELEASE AUTHORIZATION

Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada
234 Wellington St. W, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G9, Canada

FROM THE DESK OF;
MRS MAUREEN CARROLL
DEPUTY GOVERNOR OPERATIONS
BANK OF CANADA
TELEPHONE/WHATS-APP +14387011899
E-mail: foreignoperationdept@bocandaonline.com


COMPENSATION PAYMENT APPROVAL OF US $570,000 USD

Dear: Fund Beneficary,

We refer you to the authorization of the fund release payment file
submitted to us by the International Monetary Fund (IMF/UN/EU) to
release your long awaited pending

compensation fund through our bank (B.O.C), which will be safer,
convenient and will give you peace of mind. The association
compensation funds value of US $570,000 (Five

Hundred and Seventy thousand United States dollars only) has been
credited in an Insured single account number Es-632100-336054-100 with
Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada.

We have been made to believe after scrutinizing your payment files
with our computer archive, in conjunction with IMF monetary teams,
that you are the legitimate

recipient/heir apparent to the above-mentioned funds and you are
hereby notified.

To further proceed with the file payment details received and to
facilitate payment on these compensation funds, we deemed to confirm
your acknowledgement to this email for

confidentiality and security coverage by briefing us how much money
you have spent so far and your readiness to work with us to receive
your pending compensation fund

immediately.

KINDLY FILL IN CORRECTLY YOUR FULL DETAILS INFORMATION SUCH AS;

{ PERSONAL INFO }

1. BENEFICIARY'S NAME ........./ VALID PASSPORT COPY ................

2. BENEFICIARY'S ADDRESS ..................

3. BENEFICIARY'S PHONE NO..................

4.BENEFICIARY'S EMAIL:......../ OCCUPATION..............AGE

5.MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER ........................

6. EXPECTED AMOUNT OF FUND ..............

However, I wish to declare and state to you emphatically that this
approved payment arrangement does not require any sort of delay any
longer,please take note.

Thanks for your cooperation and understanding in this matter.

Yours truly,

Mrs Maureen Carroll
Foreign Operation/Transfer Manager
Bank of Canada
TELEPHONE/WHATS-APP +14387011899
E-mail: foreignoperationdept@bocandaonline.com

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