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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: "Barr Roger Tan Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrrogertan2016@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:45:57 +0900
Subject: ***SPAM*** Confidential Message.

Dear Respected One ,
 
I am barr. Roger Tan from Malaysia and I work in the High Court of
Kuala Lumpur as High Court Registrar and I had my post graduate
education in England in the early seventies
This message may be surprising to you but I chose to contact you
through my  search on old contacts from England journal  where I
studied some years ago.
 
received your email contact and details which tallys with my late
client's surname  I decided to transact this business with you for
trust and equity as a distant contact.
In accordance with the law of inheritance here, it is clearly stated
that whereas the deceased died without living behind an offspring or
the immediate biological family are no longer alive, such as in this
situation, any of the deceased extended relative
 
stands to inherit whatever property or money left by the deceased. It
is on the basis of this section of the law,that I want to present you
to the bank and in order to legitimize it, I will then swear an
Affidavit before the High Court attesting to your relationship with
the deceased and any Affidavit deposed before a law court of competent
 
jurisdiction is admissible by law as a statement of fact and cannot be
disputed. Since the death of the deceased; all  efforts of the bank to
locate a beneficiary failed for the claim of the US$16.5 million, this
is the reason they contacted me to trace his
relatives since as the high court registrar I may be of a help.
 
This is a clean deal. There is no risk to this transaction, as we will
process all the required documents by Law for a beneficiary claim.
There is no other living relative, Actually, my client was born by two
migrant
workers that came to Asian,s in the 50`s. In this transaction, we will
go step by step, first with the legal
documents to back up the claim and secondly, the monetary documents
for the transfer. I am therefore counting on your
co-operation to make this work out. I am very optimistic we can pull
this through with your support.
 
For the legal ramifications, be rest assured that, this is my
professional field for I do know what the entire
loopholes involve and will handle them with great professionalism.
Moreover, you and I will share the proceeds
of this transaction in a Sixty to Forty percentage ratio(60% - 40%). I
do not think this claim will exceed Ten (10)
working days if we work in harmony.
 
If this is fine by you, I will send you a beneficiary Affidavit Form
from the High Court which you will fill and
resend to me for me to swear affidavit in the High Court Malaysia
that you are truly the pr beneficiary of
my Late Client and from here we will commence. Please feel free to contact.
 
Phone    +6010-848-1625 (Voice/Text)
Yours Sincerely,
Barr Roger Tan Esq

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