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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: <Barr Johann Van> inbox@zmail.site
Reply-To: Barr.JohannVan@consultant.com
Date: 06 May 2019 15:49:54 -0400
Subject: Business Proposal

Premier Partner
Job Title:          Attorney-at-Law       
Organization:    Johann Consultant & Partner Law Office       
Practice Areas: Shipping; New Buildings; Sale and Purchase; Corporate Law; Shipping Finance; Restructuring; Registration         
Office:  Hamburg , Germany
Website:www.llsw.de/

Attn,
I am Barr. Johann Van, an attorney of law to a deceased contract/property Magnate, who was based in the U.K, also referred to as my client.
Prior to that death of my client and since then, I have been managing Mr. James Burberry's properties here in the U.K. Some of these properties, at the time of the accident, were already put on sale. I, as his attorney, monitored the sale of the properties, and the depositing of the proceeds into Mr. James Burberry's main U.K bank account. I have contacted his son as the next of kin to in repatriating the money, and possibly ownership of some of the property left behind by my client; this is to prevent ownership of both reverting to the state. By U.K law, ownership of funds in current bank accounts unattended for six years will automatically revert back to her majesty's government treasury. However, the legal procedure to activate this takes about six months, of which there are just about three months left.

The bank has recently issued me a notice to provide details of any of Mr. James Burberry's next of kin within a short period of time, this thereby triggers off the procedure of reverting ownership of the funds to her majesty's government. My Late client's main UK bank account is valued at Fifteen million, five hundred thousand U.S dollars ($15.5m). Now I have been successful in locating the son of my late client; and with the bank indicating that they now wish to shortly start the procedure of reversion of ownership of the funds to the state, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Since (Thomas  Mario Burberry) has chosen you And I have all the necessary information that will be used to back up any claim we may make.


I very much look forward to a swift response from you get back to me with the below mentioned.

Your home address telephone numbers your full names company name if any and a copy drive license.

As soon as I hear from you with above details, I shall proceed by securing necessary paper work in your favor and also inform the bank of you.

Yours Sincerely,
Barr. Johann Van (S.A.G)
(LAWYER IN-CHARGE)




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