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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: "Solicitor Jones Paul" <jonespaul009@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: solicitorjonespaul2016@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 19:24:47 +0800
Subject: Personal Attorney/Sole Executor


Dear

I have picked up the trust and courage to write you this letter with
divine confidence that you are a reliable and
honest person who will be capable for this important and confidential
transaction which I have for you, believing
also that you will never let me down either now or in the future. I
was in New York on a seminar and I got your
information from a trade consultant here in New York, though I did
not disclose the purpose of my seeking for a foreign
partner to him. Unfortunately, I had to leave New York due to urgent
appointment back home; this was the reason why I
decided to write you this letter immediately I arrived home to my
country. My name Jones Paul Solicitor at Law and
the personal Attorney/Sole Executor to the late Mr. Randolph Marriott,
hereinafter referred to as my client; an
industrialist, who worked as an Oil and Gas Merchant in my country and
passed away.

There is an account opened in one of the banks in the United Kingdom
by my client in 2010 and no family member knows
about this account or anything concerning it.In 2013, Mr.Randolph
Marriott summoned me to his office to commence his
WILL process, that was when his health condition became worse. He
eventually died few months ago, leaving the WILL
uncompleted. The family does not know about his personal deposit of
GBP19.7 Million (Nineteen Million Seven Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterling) as it is not listed on the WILL, and
all the family focus, is in his Oil/Gas business
and other banks where he made some deposit.

I want to present you as his trustee/business partner who according to
him, should for further inherit/investment the sum of GBP19.7

Million (Nineteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Pound Sterling)
which he secretly deposited in one of the banks in
the United Kingdom so that both of us can share the fund once
transferred into your account. I want us to do this
before presenting the WILL to his family. You shall be entitled to 40%
of the total sum, while I will take 50%
while 10% is for expenses . All necessary precautions have been taken
to ensure 100% risk free situation on the
side of both parties.

I will secure the vital documents that will make you the beneficiary
of the fund to enable us claim it from the bank
where the fund is deposited. The WILL is with me and no member of his
family has not seen the WILL yet and the bank
where the fund is deposited is not known to them.

The question is, can we work together?

Kindly get back to me via my Email: solicitorjonespaul2016@gmail.com

for further discussion
on this if you are interested.
Respectfully Yours,
Solicitor Jones Paul



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