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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: "Urgent" <noreply@noreply.com>
Reply-To: mrarrta@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:31:18 -0700
Subject: Urgent Notice (OVER DUE PAYMENT)


US Federal Reserve Bank,Corporate Office
Our Ref: USFRB/ IRU/SFE/ 15.5/SFCA/011
United State Of America


Dear Beneficiary

Your payment files from two (2) different banks, Natwest Bank of London (UK=
) and Bank of America compiled and submitted to my desk this morning for re=
view. The total sum owed to you by the 2 banks mentioned above were sum up =
to the sum of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United Sta=
tes Dollars).

Now the fund has been totally lodged in one particular Escrow account (non =
deductible) here in the Federal Reserve Bank in your name, while waiting fo=
r accreditation to your personal bank account in any part of the world as d=
irected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have f=
ulfilled all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your=
payment to you, but yet your payment was not released to you due to one fl=
imsy excuse or the other from the Bank officials in charge of your payment =
because they had the intention of diverting your funds to their private acc=
ounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest.

You are however lucky that the management of the American International Mon=
etary Fund detected their plans and therefore called for the submission of =
your payment file to us so we can personally handle the payment assignment =
to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.

Now, all modalities regarding your fund release has been put in place here =
in the Reserve Bank of America, thus, your funds have been made ready for t=
ransfer in our sophisticated macro transfer system, what we need from you n=
ow is to provide to us the bank account of your choice which you want us to=
transfer your funds so we can expedite action for the accreditation of you=
r funds into your account immediately.

Below is the information needed for your transfer.

1. Personal Details:

Full Name:
Current Address:
Age/Gender:
Occupation:
Direct Mobile Number:
Passport Copy, ID card or DL:

2. Banking Details:

Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account Name
Account Number:
Routing Number:
Swift Code:

Note: If you prefer to receive your funds in the form of a Visa Card, we co=
uld load and ship your Visa Card to your address which will permit you a da=
ily withdrawal limit of US$2000 or write a draft check which can be deposit=
ed in any bank and sent to you.

In anticipating for your urgent cooperation
Email address=3D=3D mrarrta@hotmail.com =

=



Yours sincerely
Mrs Paula Maxwell
=

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