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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: Tania Amir <amirtania78@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Tania Amir <tania.amir21@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 12:24:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: REVERT


Re: For Your Kind Attention:




I am Tania Amir the personal Attorney to Late Mr. Robert Fitzpatrick, an American who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD. here in England. Unfortunately my client lost his life on Boeing Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31st, 1999 and left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin to his estate except some vital documents related to his estate. Subsequently, I have made several efforts to trace any nuclear and extended family members of his but all proved abortive; in addition, he died intestate – that is, dying without leaving a Will or any clear benefactor behind. In the same vein, after several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family hence I decided to contact you. Without reservation, my sole reason of establishing a contact is for you to assist in claiming the fund left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unclaimed by the Security Company where the fund was deposited. Nevertheless, the Security Company has issued a go ahead order, permitting me to provide a Next of Kin to the fund amounting to the sum of USD 11 million dollars. Consequently, my theory is that we can have a deal to claim the said fund using your name as the beneficiary to this estate. Of course, I duly seek for your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased. Furthermore, I strongly emphasis that this deal will be carried out within the ambit of the Law in accordance to the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 and Finance Act 2006 of Subsections (25) and (156), paragraph 7 of the Statute and Common Laws of Great Britain; therefore, you have nothing to panic about. In conclusion, forty percent (40%) of this money will be apportioned to you, in respect to the provision of a foreign account and fifty percent (50%) to me as the Principal Officer. Similarly, ten percent (10%) will be used for the reimbursement of any expenditure we may incur in the course of the transaction. I reiterate that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any Breach of the Law; all I solicit is your utmost collaboration, sincerity and good faith for us to thrive in this deal. Kindly call on +(44) 770 030 8940 for further instruction. Warm regards,Tania Amir


















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