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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: "Mr. Gerald Johnson" <geraldgeraldjh1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: geraldgeraldjs@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:18:50 -0500
Subject: Urgent Attention:

Urgent Attention:

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. My name is Gerald Johnson, i am from Britain,i work with a reputable bank here in Wales.A deceased man, Late Mr.Martin Rowdall,he was an engineer and contractor, he died in 2007 without any known relative whom I have traced with no

avail. My purpose of searching for you and contacting you is for you to help me secure the funds left behind by my late client Mr. Martin Rowdall, to avoid it being confiscated or declare unserviceable by the Bank where this fund valued ?10.600,000.00 (Ten Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds) are deposited by my client before his death.I am contacting you due to your good name in the society so i believe that we can work together.

The Bank has being issuing notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the government treasury ,so the government will find it easy to convert the money if i did not present someone to stand as the next of kin to claim the money,So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you. Basically i want to present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance to claim the money with all the legal papers which will be processed in your acceptance to this deal. If you are interested,then i request that you kindly forward to me your acceptance Notification; your current telephone and fax numbers, a scanned copy of your identity and a forwarding address to enable me file necessary documents for the release of this sum of money in your name as the beneficiary. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction.We will share the money in the
ratio o
f 40% to you and also 60% to me. If you are interested, please contact me immediately,upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand this transaction well.



The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any infraction of the law. In my next email, i will give you the contact of a seasoned lawyer who will help us to get all the Required legal papers,


Kindest Regards,

Gerald Johnson

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