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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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Fraud email example:

From: antes <antes@zb.lv>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:32:17 +0300
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Dear Friend,

This is a personal letter directed to you and I request that it be
treated as such. I am Advocate Jurnnee Smollett, a solicitor at law and
a personal attorney to a Late Mr. Glenn Warrington, an American citizen
who worked as an independent contractor with mining companies in
Johannesburg.

On the 20th of November 2005 my Late client Mr. Glenn Warrington and his
wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along
Pretoria Road and all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their
lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of his
extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. I have contacted you
to assist in receiving this fund into your account valued at
$23,500,000.00 (Twenty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) left behind by my client with a Bank in Johannesburg
before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
this amount was deposited by my late client.

The Bank contacted me and asked that I as the attorney to the deceased i
should present his surviving next of kin so that they will release the
funds left in their custody to them as the Government Law as provided in
section 129 sub 63(N), South African Banking Edit of 1993 at the
expiration of 12 years the fund will revert to the ownership of the
South African Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund.

I recently discovered that in all his files in my chambers that he never
mentioned having any relatives nor cousin’s so I decided to source for a
reputable and trustworthy person, hence I contacted you.

My proposition to you is to present you to the bank as the Surviving
Next of kin and beneficiary of my deceased client so that the bank will
pay this $23, 500, 000.00 to you so that we can share the amount on a
mutually agreed percentage of 60% for me 40% for you . All legal
documents to back up your claim as the Next of Kin to my late client
will be provided by me.

I will guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, Please do
get back to me immediately you received this letter via my email below
so that I can give you comprehensive details on how we can proceed. My
Personal E-mail. (jeff.peter201067@gmail.com )

Regards and God bless you,

Advocate Jurnnee Smollett
Principal Attorney: Smollett & Co Associates.

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