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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: Joseph Nguran <olivergeorge_esq@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <josephnguran@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:10:38 +0000
Subject: My Dear Friend,






My Dear Friend,

My
name is Mr. Idris Wada, I am a senior partner (Attorney) in the firm of one
Consults Inc: Private Investigators, Security Consultants and Financial
Managers. I am conducting a standard process investigation/Recommendation on
behalf of Banks that is on secret bank account or call it (numbered bank
account).

This
investigation involves a foreigner, a client to bank, the client owned numbered
bank account in a bank, where his Gold businesses partners pays him his shares
to the account through transit bank Account, they use transit bank Account in
transferring into the numbered bank account.

I
found what appeared as if corrupted bankers attempted to embezzle the client’s
money, or maybe they tried obtain or see good proofs that you were the real successor
(transferee) rigestered before the died of transferor, they couldn’t and turn
to use your name and information embezzle the money.

Some are assume that the client did not nominate
successor before he died on his investments made with the bank from his gold
perners that is amount now over: US9.5 Million, in short many information have
been deleted by people we believed to be corrupted bankers and I could not
distinguish what actually happened.

I made
investigation in all, and noticed that no one can have way to change your name
from not being the right successor(transferee). I prayed over it and thank God
to see we build trust with the already appeared nature and the recommendations
given to me as a reputable, i decided to do all in trust with hope that you are
a person that could worthy to face the challange on what need to do in order to
win the money in to your personal countrol that is through my direction,
I can get the money transfer to you.

The essence of this
communication with you is to request that you know what happen and provide me
with information/comments on any or all what you know about the issues as
regards nominating you to inherit the fund left behind by this deceased client
whose no other successor could be clearly found, apart from you; if not
you. You must appreciate that I’m constrained to providing
you with more detailed information at any point you need it.



Please
respond to this mail as soon as possible to afford me the opportunity to
provide you with more information on this matter.

Thank you in advance for accommodating my
enquiry

Yours
sincerely,

Joseph Nguran

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