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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: Ryk Cilliers <rykcilliers@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:56:44 +0200
Subject:

Dear Ryk Cilliers,

Thanks immensely for the email. I want to assure you that this is a
legitimate issue as long as you adhere strictly to my directives. Be
rest assured that this our mutual benefit transaction is 100% risk
free as all the original documents that will be needed in a
transaction of this nature ascertaining you as the bona fide
beneficiary next of kin to my late client will duely and legally be
issued and obtained in your name and favour.

The deceased as I was saying was an expatriate who for many years
lived and worked as an Independent Contractor in an Oil / Petroleum
related companies as a Turn Around Maintenance ( TAM ) engineer here
in the Republic of Togo which is located in the West African
Sub-Region, and have international boundaries with the Republic Benin
and Ghana.

My late client Engr. Robert L.Cilliers was a big customer of the
finance company ( Vimba Trust Finance & Securities Company ). He
operated a coded account worth US$12.5 million with the firm before he
died on a motor accident as I earlier informed you along with his
family.

Note that the next of kinship is not limited to relations of the
deceased or is it confided to the circuit of parental relationship
rather it is by choice of the benefactor as regards to whom he wished
to WILL it- His Assets to (beneficiary) either formally by write up,
or informally by secret information disclosure to beneficiary be
him/her business partner, relation, kinsmen, friends or well wisher,
therefore by virtue of the above stated, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to my late client since the supposed
next of kin also died along with him so that the fund he deposited
valued US$12.5 million shall be transfered to you as the beneficiary
since you share the same name with him.

However, the truth remains that you may or may not be the real
relative to my late client, but for the fact that he has the same
last/surname with you, you can with my aid as his personal lawyer be
approved by the firm as his next of kin because I have all the secret
information that are contained in this security file jacket with the
firm that will facilitate that, thereby putting you in as the
legitimate heir to the deceased funds according to the provisions of
the law in terms of inheritance.

This transaction should be between us and it shall remain confidential
for security reasons till success is achieved to avoid misconception
from whom you may have carelessly leaked this secret information to.

If this fund is not claimed, it will be re-deposited into the treasury
of the finance firm as unclaimed bill which will be shared among the
board of directors due to high level of corruption here and that will
become history. There is nothing to worry about as everything is legal
with documentations, it is my duty to provide the next of kin and
whosover I approve as the next of kin will become the beneficiary and
receive the fund.

For being involved in this transaction deal, if this fund claim is
successfully processed, approved and transferred to you, I shall come
over to your country for the sharing of the funds according to an
agreed sharing percentage that would be beneficial to you and I.

As soon as I ascertain your willingness to work with me, I shall
furnish you with the next step to enable us accomplish this deal
without delay. And also, am going to draft a LETTER of CLAIM in your
name which you would carefully fill and send back to me for proper
review before sending it to the bank for approval after due
verifications and scrutiny.

Kindly give me your personal information such as full names, age,
occupation, house/office, phone numbers and then you can call me on
this phone number: +228 99 96 74 85. My phone is open for 24hrs of
service.

Regards,

Barrister Johnson William
+228 99 96 74 85

Sent from my Sony Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone

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