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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: Larry Daniel <magnumsecurities.clearing@gmail.com>
Reply-To: larrydaniel.barr@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:39:51 +0100
Subject: RE: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC PAYMENT

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RE: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC PAYMENT

Based on a series of petitions we received from various organizations
such as Corporate Bodies and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on
the Inability of some Government officials, Commercial banks and World
Lottery Organization to settle their clients Contract debt,
Inheritance and Winning Prizes. We have been authorized by the Debt
Reconciliation Unit of this institution, to investigate the
unnecessary delay on payment approved in your favor. During our
investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been
unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are trying
to divert your funds into their personal accounts.

After an extensive close door meeting yesterday, it was resolved and
agreed upon that MAGNUM TRUST via Bank of England(BOE) will work
extensively to ensure that all contract payment, Inheritance and
Lottery Winning Prizes be settled without any hassle. For security
reasons, an Electronic transfer be the channelof payment and a new
account will be opened as this will enable only you to have direct
control over your funds. We will monitor this payment ourselves to
avoid the hopeless situation created by previous bank officials.

Please respond for more directives.
Larry Daniel
Account Officer in Charge
larrydaniel@atlas.cz
webmagnumtrust2@zbavitu.net

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