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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. Wan Ferguson" <Mr.wan-ferguson@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: "Mr. Wan Ferguson" <Mr.wan-ferguson@accountant.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:47:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Mr. Wan Ferguson.


Attn : My Dear,


I am Mr. Wan Ferguson, an account operator to late  (Mr.Micheal C.Herman) 52yrs old, a nationality of United States of America but reside in Malaysia since 20 years now, he unfortunately died on a car accident dated 7th August 2014 along SMK St. John, Kuala Lumpur. Since the death of (Mr.Micheal C.Herman), I as his account operator have made several attempts to get access to his funds in the bank, without any success. My dear i just want to make a proposal of something that will make me and you very wealthy on this earth, The bank where my late client deposited this money (Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad) insist that i must provide to them a relation to my late clients before they will accept to release the funds for me just like i have demanded.

My dear, the simple truth is that i have tried my possible best to locate any member of his family but all to no avail and if nothing is done fast the money will be confiscated by the bank, that is my main reason of contacting you today. 

My dear, i want you to present yourself to the bank as the available relation to late Mr. Micheal C. Herman, i will tell the bank of you, all i need you to do is to work with me so that we will make sure that this money is released and transferred to your account.

I came across your name and contact on the course of my personal searching for my late client relations/next of kin so I decided to contact you for this project. I am contacting you to assist in securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where my late client operates an account. The board of Directors of the bank has issued me a notice that after 2 months from now and no relation showed up for the claiming of the said funds, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.

Since The board of Directors of the bank have been unsuccessful in locating my client relatives for sometime now, it's on this note that I seek your consent to present you as the relation/next of kin to my late client that the proceed of this deposit can be released into your account. The amount deposited is £12.8 Million British Pounds(GBP) (£12.800.000.00 GBP) also I beleived with interest. I will agree with you on 50% for you while 50% for me and any expenses on the verge of transfering this money to your account shall be shared 50/50 between me and you.

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any breach of the law. Upon your response, I will like to have your informations such is listed below:

    Your full name and address
    Your telephone and fax numbers
    Your occupation and age

As soon as I receive all these information from you I will present it to the bank Directors that I have located the relation to my late client since they asked that I should provide the next of kin for them to release the inheritance fund.

Let me hear from you once you acknowledge my email.

I'm at your service,

Mr. Wan Ferguson.

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