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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: "John More" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnmore3@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:54:34 -0700
Subject: Inheritance funds A

Dear Friend,


I am John More the Manager, Bills And

Exchange at the Foreign Remittance

Department in a Bank. Actually, I have a

very urgent & confidential Business

Proposition for you & for our mutual

interest.On the 6th of March 2001,our

Customer, an American National,late

Jeremiah J. Ahern , an Oil Merchant /

Contractor with the Federal Government

of Nigeria, deposited, a valued amount

of US$32Million in my branch.Upon

maturity, I sent a routine notification

to his forwarded address but got no

reply. After a month we sent a reminder,

& finally we discovered from his

contract employers NNPC, that late

Jeremiah J. Ahern ,until his death

Twelve( 12) years ago in a ghastly

terrorist attack to American Airline

flight 175 from Boston to Los

Angeles,crashed into the North Tower of

the World Trade Center (WTC) with 86

people on board. All occupants of the

Aeroplane unfortunately lost their

lives.

On further investigation, I found out

that he did not leave a WILL and all

attempts to trace his Next of kin were

rootless. I therefore made further

investigation and discovered that late

Jeremiah J. Ahern , did not declare any

Next of kin in all his official

documents.This sum US$32Million is still

floating in the bank and the interest is

being rolled over with the principal sum

at the end of each year. No one came

forward to claim it. According to

Nigeria Laws, at the expiration of 12

years, the money will revert to the

Ownership of the Nigerian Government if

nobody applies to claim the

funds.Consequently,my proposal is that i

will like you as a foreigner to stand in

as a Next of kin of late Jeremiah J.

Ahern . This is simple. All I require is

your honest and co-operation to enable

us see this deal through. I guarantee

that this will be executed under a

legitimate arrangement that will protect

you from a breach of the law. I will

want you to send to me on your return

email,
the following information for th

1) Your Full Name:

(2) Residential Address:

(3) Phone, Fax and Mobile :

(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status:

(5) Company/Business Name:

Let's consider that our ratio of sharing

will be as stated Thus 1. I as the

originator of the Fund will take 50% of

the transferable 2.You as the Manager of

the Fund will take 50% of the

transferable Fund.

Most importantly, CONFIDENTIALITY as

what I saw as the life wire to the

success of the transfer of this Fund

must have to be emulated between you and

me. You have to use this media to

promise me that you will no in anyway

expose the content of this transaction

to anybody be it your Friends,

Colleagues and Co-Workers.I will also

want you to send your reply to this

email:(johnmore011@yahoo.co.jp) as soon

as you get this mail to enable us

discuss on the modalities and

processesfor success of this

transaction. Thanks for your anticipated

cooperation and understanding.




I wait for your kind response.


Regards


John

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