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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: "Dr. Lawrence George Mensa" <louiselawson@antonine.org>
Reply-To: drmensa82@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 00:40:11 +0200
Subject: Please treat fast

Hello,

I'm Dr. Lawrence George Mensa. I wish to urgently confirm from you if
actually you know one Mrs. Jeanne White who claims to be your business
associate/partner.

Kindly reconfirm this application put in by Mrs. Jeanne White - she
submitted the under listed bank account information supposedly sent by you
to receive the funds on your behalf.

The bank information she applied with are stated thus:

Account Name: Mrs. Jeanne White

Bank name: Citi Bank NA

Bank address: #1230 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA Account
Number: 013439887655 Routing Number: 2771722 Swift Code: CITIUS30

The said Mrs. Jeanne White is claiming to this office that you are dead
and have Instructed that all relevant documentation/Information regarding
your Payment/Transfer, be changed to her as the beneficiary of the payment
short-listed among the foreign beneficiaries entitled to receive their
payment.

For your Information, this Government has approved the total amount of
EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY, in your
favor, prior to the Federal Government instructions/mandate to offset all
outstanding payments to the various legal foreign beneficiaries. We need
to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead as mentioned by
your Associate.

You should note that, if we do not hear from you, we automatically assume
that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mrs. Jeanne
White is correct. Hence, you are hereby requested to reply to this Email
immediately for confirmation, before we proceed with this payment and for
us to know the true position of things with you so that we won't make any
mistakes/errors in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong
person/account.

Send information needed for remitting your out-standing payment if you are alive.


Full name................................

Direct telephone number.........

Address....................................

Age...........................................

Country.....................................

Bank name................................

Bank address.................................

Bank account.................................

Account type.................................



Your quick response will help us a lot in making sure you recieve your fund on time



Yours, Sincerely,

Dr. Lawrence George Mensa

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