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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: "Malcolm P" <ft13096@ns.kogakuin.ac.jp>
Reply-To: <malcolmp@sina.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:02:32 +0900
Subject: HELLO

I am Mr. Malcolm P. Bairstow from H S B C B A N K Newcastle UK. I got
your contact through your mail website, so i went through your profile
and decide to offer you this proposal because you share the same last
name with my late client.

On OCTOBER 6, 2006, an America Oil Consultant/Contractor MR. NELSON,
made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued
at £ 14,700,000.00 GBP (Fourteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand GBP) in
my branch upon maturity. I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally
we discovered from his contract employers that he died.

On further investigation, i found out that he died without making a WILL
because he had no heir, attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not
declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank. This sum of £ 16,200,
000.00 GBP (Sixteen Million Two Hundred Thousand GBP) is still in my
bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According
to British Financial law, at the expiration of (Ten) 10 years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that i will like you to stand as the next
of kin because you share the same last name with him. The Attorney will
prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in
place as the next of kin. We shall employ the service of two attorney
for the drafting and notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary
documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer.

Any bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will
then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/
next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in
ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.

Please be rest assured that i am going to take care of all the expenses
that will be needed for this transaction that is why i have the higher
percentage and you will not be ask to pay any money. I will send you my
personal information and Identification on my next message for you to
know me as well.

Please note that we have to keep this transaction confidential.

I will need your urgent reply so we can begin with the processing

Reply-To: malcolmp@sina.com

Thanks and Regards,

Mr. Malcolm Percy Bairstow,

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