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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. Marcy Sharon Cohen" <info@ingbank.org>
Reply-To: ingbankremittancedep203@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:16:42 +0100
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

ING Financial Services LLC
Consumer Finance, Corporate Banking & Investment Capital
Bank Address: 1133 6th Ave, New York NY 10036, United States.


Attention: Beneficiary,

Greetings to you from ING Bank, there is presently a counter claim on your funds by one Mr. John Lewis this morning, who is presently trying to make us believe that you are dead and even explained that you entered into an agreement with him before your death.

He was trying to divert your inheritance fund $7.5 M ( Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ) to his personal bank account in the United States of America. He told us that you died on Aug 6, 2022 in a Fiery Los Angeles Car Crash.

Are you truly dead as he has claimed? Do you make anyone with the name John Lewis your next of kin? He submitted your death certificate to the bank and claimed that you are dead. We are currently investigating if you are dead or not after Mr. John Lewis contacted us this morning saying that you are dead so that's why we are investigating if you are truly dead or not.

Did you sign any deed of assignment in favor of ( JOHN LEWIS ), He further claimed that you died on Aug 6, 2022 in a Fiery Los Angeles Car Crash. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YyXAD6p4tc )

He told us that you have been buried, thereby making him the current beneficiary with his following account details:

Beneficiary Name: John Lewis
Account Number: 6503809428
Routing: 121000358
Swift code: BOFAUS3N
Bank Name: Bank of America (B.O.A),
Bank Address: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America.

We shall proceed to issue all payments details to Mr. John Lewis, if we do not hear from you within the next two working days from today.

You are advised to submit your personal information as stated below.

Your Name:
Contact Address:
Date of Birth:
Direct Phone Number:
Occupation:
Attach a copy of your ID Card for proper identification.

You should provide us with the above information asap, if you want to claim your fund today. Finally, we ask for your mutual understanding and cooperation to serve you better.

We wait to hear from you soon.

Yours truly,

For: ING Bank

Mrs. Marcy Sharon Cohen,
Managing Director, General Counsel
Head of Regulatory Affairs of ING Bank-Americas.

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