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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: "Simon Lancaster" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <simonlancaster@bigmir.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:03:30 -0700
Subject: Hello There

Good Day,
 
 
I am Simon Lancaster, Corporate Director at Camount Holdings Limited; a Private Exclusive Equity, Financial & Security Institute in London, UK.
 
I am the Account Officer and Personal Funds Manager to my Late Client, who passed on and left the sum of GB£38,886.000.00 (Thirty Eight Million Eight Hundred and Eighty-Six Thousand Pounds Sterling) , in our safe deposit vault. Coincidetally, my Client who is a  foreign customers, a citizen of your country that who shares the same last name with you. He died recently along with his wife and only son while holidaying in Porto, Portugal and was flown back to England for burial.
 
 
The banking policy can only allow the release of such funds to a Benefactor through an application as Next of Kin to the deceased. During our investigations, we discovered that he nominated his Son as his Next of kin and efforts to trace his other relations have proved impossible. The Embassy in the UK, couldn’t trace any of the deceased relations. The account has been dormant for a long time since His death. Therefore we decided to contact you to seek your consent to enable us nominate you as the Next of kin to the deceased and transfer the funds to you as His Designate.
 
With the consent of our Late Client’s Solicitors, they shall confirm you as the Next of kin; Sole Beneficiary to the deposit/funds. Once this is confirmed, the Bank will automatically make the transfer to you. After transfer of funds to your favour, you shall retain 60%, and 38% ours, 2% set aside for expenses both parties might incur (if any) during or after the transaction.
 
We have all the relevant details concerning My Late Clients, which shall enable us claim the fund successfully. Your positive response will be highly appreciated to enable us favour you with a draft application/account details of the deceased for submission to the Financial Institution in order  to authenticate the claim to the Deceased’s Estate.
 
Please remember to always keep this information Confidential and do not discuss it with anybody. I GUARANTEE that this process would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would legally protect you from any breach of law.
 
Should this business transaction be of interest to you and you would like to request a copy of draft application to proceed, please contact me via Email: (                                                         ), Or
 
Direct Tel No: +447417390421.
 
Please also contact me if you object to this proposal.
 
 
Thanks and Remain Blessed.
 
Mr. Simon Lancaster.
 

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