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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: thabi jones <thabild1@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <thabild@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:05:22 +0200
Subject: Kennedy Jones




Kennedy Jones (Esq)

Village Arcade Station Road

London E4 7DA, United Kingdom.



Greetings,





This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as
such. I am Kennedy jones, a personal
attorney/sole executor to the late Engineer Robert M, herein after referred to
as” my client" I represent the interest of my client killed with his
immediate family in a fatal motor accident in East London on November 5,
2002.and I will like to negotiate the terms of investment of resources available
to him.



My late client worked as consulting engineer & sub-comptroller with Genesis
Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd here in the United Kingdom and had left behind a
deposit of Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only
(£6.8million) with a finance company. The funds originated from contract
transactions he executed in his registered area of business. Just after his
death, I was contacted by the finance house to provide his next of kin, reasons
been that his deposit agreement contains a residuary clause giving his personal
attorney express authority to nominate the beneficiary to his funds. Unknown to
the bank, Robert had left no possible trace of any of his close relative with
me, making all efforts in my part to locate his family relative to be
unfruitful since his death. In addition, from Robert’s own story, he was only
adopted and his foster parents whom he lost in 1976, according to him had no
possible trace of his real family.



The funds had remained unclaimed since his death, but I had made effort writing
several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended
relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal
estate, and all such efforts have been to no avail. More so, I have received
official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for
confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws by the
bank However, it will interest you to know that I discovered that some
directors of this finance company are making plans already to have this fund to
themselves only to use the excuse that since I am unable to find a next of kin
to my late client then the funds should be confiscated, meanwhile their
intentions is to have the funds retrieved for themselves.



I reasoned very professionally and resolved to use a legal means to retrieve
the abandoned funds, and that is to present the next of kin of my deceased
client to the bank. This is legally possible and would be done in accordance
with the laws. On this note, I decided to search for a credible person and
finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that
I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as
my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to
the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client. I find this to be
possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same nationality and you
bear a similar last name with my late client making it a lot easier for
you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have all vital documents that would
confer you the legal right to lay claim to the funds, and it would back up your
claim. I am willing to make these documents available to you so that the
proceeds of this bank account valued at £6.8million can be paid to you before
it is confiscated or declared unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount
is lodged.



I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but I think that it is
unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this country or
some financial institution. I seek your assistance since I have been unable to
locate the relatives for the past three years now and since no one would come
for the claim. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advantage which also
makes the claim most credible . In that stand, the proceeds of this
account can be paid to you. Then, we talk about percentage. I know there are
others with the same surname as my client, but after a little search, my
instinct tells me to contact you. I shall assemble all the necessary documents
that would be used to back up your claim.



I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as
the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.
As I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. If is okay to you
send me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this
transaction, please do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in
you, Thanks for your understanding.



Kind Regards.

Barrister Kennedy Jones






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