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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: Wilson Olusegun <jamesabbey12@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: wilsonolusegun4@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:33:20 +0100
Subject: Very urgent

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am so sorry to bulge on you like this without knowing you prior to this
day but I employ you to please read this mail because it has immense
financial benefits for the both of us. I am Mr. Wilson Olusegun, the Bank
Manager of United Bank for Africa PLC Lagos branch. I got your contact on
my private search on the Internet and I listed your name among four
other names and prayed over them and decided to contact you directly.

I have a very urgent and confidential business proposition for you and for
our overall mutual interest. On December 6, 2006,an American oil
consultant/contractor with the NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation), Mr. Philip Mark, made a numbered time (fixed ) deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at $17,000,000.00(Seventeen Million USD)
in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarded address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers with NNPC (Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation) that Mr. Philip Mark, died in an
automobile accident in Germany. On further investigation, I found out that
Mr. Philip Mark, did not leave any WILL, and all attempts to trace his
next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr.Philip, did not declare any Next of Kin in all his
official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork with our bank.

This sum $17,000,000.00(Seventeen Million USD) is still floating in the
bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each year.No one will come forward to claim it. According to
Nigerian Laws, at the expiration of 10 (Ten) years, the money will
automatically reverts to the ownership of the Nigerian government if
nobody applies to claim the funds.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as a next of kin of Mr.Philip Mark. This is simple.

1) I will like you to provide me immediately with your full details as
listed below names so that an attorney will prepare the necessary
documents and
affidavits, which will put you as Next Of kin

-Your full name
-Contact address
-Contact Telephone
-Occupation
-Marital Status
-Means of Identification (Passport or Driver's License).

2) We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting & notarization
of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.

3) A bank account in any part of the world, which you will provide to
facilitate the transfer of this funds to you as the beneficiary. The money
will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me
and 40% for you, which we will both sign and agree to, by a Memorandum of
Understanding (M.O.U) before we proceed with the transfer of the money to
you.

There is no risk at all as the attorney will do the paperwork for this
transaction and with my position as the branch manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply immediately via this Email
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand.

PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, and be rest assured that this would
be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country.Awaiting your urgent reply via this
email below, please save me the anxiety of endless
waiting.Remember to reply on time

God bless you as you do.

Sincerely,

Mr. Wilson Olusegun

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