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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: "Cosy Macman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cosymacman12@webmail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:22:31 +0200
Subject: Business Proposal

Hello,

My name is Dr. Cosy Macman Paul I work with an investment bank in the United Kingdom as probate detectives, we basically looking for distant relatives of people who have died without making a will or stating any beneficiary in their data. The United Kingdom government normally does this every end of the year before they will legally confiscate the funds, Last year alone the government made over GBP58Million from unclaimed assets of foreigners and local investor.

When people die without a will or mentioned beneficiary and with no known relatives, their names are released by the Treasury department every end of the year, a list of these unclaimed estates, cash investments saved gold and diamond assets are also included. I started working with this investment bank since last year but I have done my research and see that we can make a lot of money by working with trust and respect I have notice that with all the information’s in my position right now we can make a lot of money by fronting you as the deceased relative or beneficiary of his assets.

I have in my position his account details and death certificate and a copy of his international passport which are the requirements needed to be provided by any next of kin claimer. If you are willing to work with me, I will advise you forward me your contact details so that I will contact you for proper introduction and communication before we proceed.

Waiting for your further contact details for more explanation of how we can conclude this with 10 working days.
Reply me Via My Private E-mail: cosymacman12@webmail.co.za If you are interested.

Best Regards
Dr. Cosy Macman Paul

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