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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: "John Westwood" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <JohnWestwood@consultant.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 16:41:43 +0100
Subject: Good day,

Greetings,
My Name is John Westwood. I work as a private consultant to Newton fund.
Managers Company Ltd, one of the World Leading Investment & Fund
Management Institution.

I have an Investor under my portfolio Mr. Christian Gotze from Munich.
Germany with a closing balance of $12.6million as his last deposit. Mr.
Christian Gotze died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane
crash. Below is a website which I will appreciate you going through to read
the information.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to enable mine
colleagues and I present you as the next-of-kin to him for safety and.
Subsequent disbursement of this fund nobody has come to our company for
the claim of this fund.

The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to enable my Colleagues
documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed and on doing
this, our establishment will not question the release of the funds to you
as I will make sure that we comply with the laid down rules and laws of
claiming the Investment of a deceased Investor in our Establishment. Please
contact me for more details if interested.
Email: JohnWestwood@consultant.com
Sincerely,

John Westwood.

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