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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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Fraud email example:

From: High-Street-Bank Reporter <do.not.reply.mailbox@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: designatedagency@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:18:04 -0700
Subject: Invitation to Act as a Next-of-Kin/Business Associate

Hello,

Introduction: Invitation From The Bankers Guild

I am Alfred Duncan (Esq), a legal practitioner with a fledgling X-Y-Z High Street Bank in X-Y-Z Country (names witheld) .
I have an urgent, confidential and a very mutual beneficial business proposal for you.

On 13th of March, 2006, a Bulgarian Geological consultant/contractor with a British Petro-Chemical Firm, Mr. Hristo Borisov Made a numbered time foreign account (Fixed deposit) for 24 calendar months, valued at $20,200,000.00 US Dollars (Twenty Million two hundred thousand dollars only) in this bank.

Upon maturity in 2008, we sent a routine notification to his temporary forwarding address but got no reply. After 90 days, we sent a reminder and discovered from his contract employers, that Mr. Borisov died as a result of injuries he sustained in a Skii diving adventure in the Greenwich Region.

On further investigation, we found out that he died INTESTATE, without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. We therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Borisov failed to declare a traceable Next-of- kin or business associates in his documents.

This sum of $20,200,000.00 US Dollars has been floating as unclaimed fund since 2008 in my bank as all efforts to get his Next-of-Kin or associates have proved abortive. According to the existing banking law, at the expiration of this accounting year, this money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies for the claims.

Consequently, MY PROPOSAL is that i want to seek your CONSENT as a foreigner to stand in as the beneficiary Next-of kin or a business associate to the deceased so that the bank will transfer this money into your designated bank account.
You will be rewarded with 20% of this money when the deal is concluded.

PLEASE, NOTE: ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS;
1. JUST TO GIVE ME YOUR NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE.
2. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A BULGARIAN, YOU CAN BE OF ANY NATIONAL/COUNTRY
3. YOU CAN BE A MALE OR FEMALE.

And if you are really interested in this transaction, kindly contact me for more details on email: designatedagency@gmail.com


My Regards,

Alfred Duncan(Esq.)
Email: designatedagency@gmail.com

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