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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 Johnson Kaf <mrjohnsonkaf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:04:05 -0800
Subject:

Good Day,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be
treated as such. I must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you
that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of
mutual benefit. I am Johnson Kaf, a solicitor at law. I am the
personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. William hereinafter
referred to as my client who worked as an independent oil magnate in
my country, who died in a car crash with his immediate family in Kano
Nigeria on the 5Th of January 2013.

My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Shell Oil here in
Nigeria had Left behind a deposit of sixteen Million Eight Hundred
Thousand Naira only ( 16.8million=$5,380,304.34 USD) with abank. After
the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his
attorney to provide his Next of kin who should inherit his
fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written 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. I had to inform the finance
company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close
relative or His next of kin.

The board of directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I
was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money
within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an
abandoned funds. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned
property decree of the company to confiscate the funds after the
expiration of the period given me. Also I have received official
letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding for
confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing
laws of the institution.

Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to
present a next of kin of my deceased client. This is legally possible
and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. 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" as my late client's family
members 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 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 make
this claim and would make them available to you so that the proceeds
of this bank account valued at NA 16.8million($5,380,304.34 USD) can
be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable to
the bank where this huge amount is lodged.

I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but think it is
unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this
country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these
funds and let it be claimed by the deceased family Lineage, etc. for
this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to locate the
relatives for the past 7 years now

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 so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can
share the money, 60% to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other
persons out there with the same surname as my last client, but after a
little check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on
this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will 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.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please
get in touch with me by my alternative email: mrjohnsonkaf@gmail.com
for better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. If this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, Thanks for your understanding.

Regards.
Mr Johnson Kaf.

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