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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: NEWS UNIT <wnewsresult@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:02:22 +0000
Subject: I SEEK YOUR CONSENT


Good day. I am contacting you in relation to late Mr. Latif Naveed. I worked for him as his private investment manager, and in the few years prior to his death invested substantially in various opportunities.

After a few years of profit making, he instructed that all the money be collected together into a single bank account, and i assign with bank of Turkey, to secure the money ($15,000,000) in a single account, shortly after he died, I assumed his relatives had made claims, only to get a phone call from bank last two weeks ago that, Mr. Latif Naveed fund remains unclaimed, and the money would go the Government if nobody claims it.

The bank used international people finders to locate any relative of Mr. Latif Naveed, but they failed to locate any, hence I have taken the initiative to make research myself, in the process I have provided your data and we need to work together to legally secure this fund in full compliance.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks,
©brahim Osman

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