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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.Haryo Pamujo" <informail466@gmail.com>
Reply-To: informessageoo@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:15:45 +0100
Subject: Payment advice

Good Day

I do not know much about you and how you will take this message but i
am doing this based on my faith and what tomorrow will be. I
am Mr.Haryo Pamujo,the computer Scientist and assistant officer of
PT.BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA (PERSERO) TBK
Manager (Mr.Hardani Puspita Hapsari).I am not telling you this to impress you
or to gain any favor from you, rather I am doing this to save you from
further damage and pains.I have done this to two people already,
though they betrayed me at the end.
Before I proceed,you must promise me that nobody will know of this and
after you are satisfied with my job,you can help me in whatever way
the spirit of God directs you.

This is very secret,I overheard Mr.Hardani Puspita Hapsari, and other bank
executives here in Indonesia saying that they will make sure you spend
and pay much fees till you are tired and abandoned your UN/ World Bank
Approved compensation amount of $10,000,000.00 (Ten million United
States Dollars) for them to later divert to an already opened offshore
account in USA. Please do not pay anything to anyone again regarding
the release of your fund(ATM CARD) because none of these evil
perpetrators have your interest in heart. The President of Indonesia and
the members of his Federal Executive Council have since endorsed the
payment of this approved compensation fund to you and your account is
already activated which you can access at any time and your ATM card
programmed and ready to dispatch to you.
It is just that some of our
bank executives are very greedy and they have created avenues to steal
your money even when they know that the situation is very critical. I
and another Islamic colleague in the office have to help you out.

Now, we have perfectly pulled out the ATM card that contains your UN/
World Bank Compensation payment amount . We are ready to send it to
you immediately, PLEASE, our job is on the line. I am only 42 years
with two kids (A Boy and A Girl) and I don't want to ruin my
future or die at this early age. I do not make calls on transactions
like this due to the sensitive nature of this transaction and my
position with the PT.BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA (PERSERO) TBK.
I will not deliver this ATM card to you if you
let anyone know of this.

If this arrangement is OK with you please reply now and we will send
the ATM card to you through DHL and all these horrendous and callous
treatment will stop and you will happily receive your fund to your
designated home address.

I shall attach my personal identifications to you as soon as I hear
from you positively.

Get back to me if you are interested so that we can proceed.

Regards.

Mr.Haryo Pamujo
Computer Scientist of
PT.BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA (PERSERO) TBK

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