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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: Kamil <sgtkamil2008@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:41:41 +0100
Subject: From The Desk Of Mr. Jon Faust


From The Desk Of Mr. Jon Faust

Senior Staff In File Department,

Federal Reserve bank new york

United States

PLANE CRASH WEB SITE!!!!!!!!!!!

https://mashable.com/2014/07/19/mh17-passenger-manifest/

("REMITTANCE OF $32 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE

CASE")

Compliment of the Season,

on a very good day. I am (Mr. Jon Faust) a senior staff in file department
in federal reserve bank new York (FRB).I got your contact from a Yahoo
Tourist Search.

When i was searching for a foreign partner I assured of your capability and
reliability to

champion this business opportunity when I prayed to God about you. In my
department

we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 32 million U.S.A dollars (ThirtyTwo
Million

U.S.A Dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer
who died

along with his entire family in (8 March 2014) in a plane crash.

Please see for more information. Late Mr.Baker Wayne Deposited the Sum
of 32 million

U.S.A dollars and know body will ever come for this money because he has no
next of

kin in his documents.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines,

But unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation
died alongside

with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is
therefore upon

this discovery that I and one official in my department now decided to make
this

business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to

the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and

we don’t want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.



The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed

after 6 years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the

customer was a foreigner,

We agree that 40 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account,

5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 55%
would be for

me and my woman colleague. There after I and my colleague will visit your
country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must

apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank

name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for
easy and

effective communication and location where the money will be remitted. Upon
receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the
application I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction
is hitch free and that you

should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have
been made for the transfer.

Yours faithfully,

Jon Faust

POST SCRITUM!!!!!!!!!!! You have to keep everything secret as to enable the
transfer

to move very smoothly in to the account you will prove to the bank.

NOTE: YOU DONT HAVE TO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ID, REPLY BACK TO MY

PERSONAL EMAIL ID BELOW TO CARRY ON WITH OUT DELAY

EMAIL; jonfaust27@gmail.com

PLEASE YOU DONT HAVE TO CALL DURING MY OFFICE HOUR TO AVOID

AN EYE BOWL ON MY SEAT CAUSE AM STILL ON DUTY AS OF THESE

MOMENT.TOP SECRET MUST BE KEPT ONLY.

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