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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: "Ron Evergreen" <at@mnt.co.th>
Reply-To: evergreen.ron@yandex.com
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 17:29:34 +0100
Subject: Beneficial proposal !!!


Dear Friend,
This email is strictly confidential and if receiving it does not please yo=
u, kindly delete it and speak to nobody about it please to avoid complicati=
on. For more proof about it please kindly click on the BBC News website bel=
ow and read carefully to confirm every history about the death of Mr. John =
Shumejda.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm
My name is Mr. Ron Evergreen, i a financial consultant with a well known f=
inancial house (BANK) here in London and I am the personal account officer =
to late Mr. John Shumejda who died in a plane crash in the year 2002 in a p=
rivate jet crashed during take-off from Birmingham Airport.
I had a private meeting with My late client same day before the crash and =
this gentleman had plans of investing over GBP=A310 Million Great British P=
ounds sterling into some venture in Dubai, even on the day he met his untim=
ely death we had a long telephone conversation and he told me that he was p=
lanning to make me a director in one of his ventures once it is setup, but =
i was shocked when i head of his sudden death after we spoke.
A few months ago I received a MEMO from my bank as his personal account of=
ficer were i was told that since the death of Mr. John Shumejda in 2002, no=
one has come forward as his next of kin to make inquiry of his deposit wit=
h the Bank, and i have been mandated to search for his next of kin and pres=
ent to the bank who will be entitled to claim his deposit, otherwise his d=
eposited funds will be cancelled and send to the UK Government Treasury Acc=
ount for confiscation. All effort to locate any of his family member has pr=
oven unfruitful and as far as i know, Mr. Shumejda has no next of kin becau=
se he has no children and his wife also died a few years after the death of=
his husband because she could not bear the loss.
i am contacting you to stand as my foreign partner to represent the next o=
f kin to Mr. John Shumejda so that the bank can release his deposited amoun=
t of GBP=A322,5 Million Great British Pounds sterling in your favor on beha=
lf you me and my colleagues who will be working with us in this beneficial =
transaction. Once we have secured all papers to show you as the next of kin=
to my late client and the funds is approved for release to you, I will tra=
vel to meet with you to await the funds in your account. We will share the =
total sum via the following ratio 60% for us and 30% for you as our trusted=
partner, I want to assure you that this transaction is 100% hitch free as =
we have all in place to ensure a smooth conclusion, all I need to do is to =
follow our instructions as am going to present you before the bank manageme=
nt.
If you are willing to work with me and be trusted, kindly send the followi=
ng information as to enable me submit your application file to the bank imm=
ediately because we have from now till middle of February to move this fund=
s out of the bank.
=

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION/COMPANY:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
NATIONALITY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER:
=

The time given to me by the bank to produce the beneficiary to my late clie=
nt deposit is almost up and i cannot let them confiscate the account as due=
to the fact that there is not next of kin, The Bank will obviously declare=
some part of the funds to the government to be confiscated while the remai=
ning will be shared among the directors of the bank. This I do not want to =
happen because I stand to gain nothing, this was my secondary reason to con=
tact you and seek your cooperation to work with my and secure this funds fo=
r ourselves.
=

Please get back to me ASAP and let me know if this is what you believe we c=
an work out together, I will intimate you more as soon as I get a positive =
response from you.
=

Yours faithfully.
Mr. Ronald Evergreen,
Financial Consultant.
Phone: +44 703598235
Email: evergreen.ron@consultant.com
Email: evergreen.ron@yandex

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