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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: "Davis K. Wayne" <davisk.wayne@consultant.com>
Reply-To: davis.wayne68@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:29:54 -0400
Subject: my subject

ZANF Consulting Services
PO Box 9314A
Queens Village, NY 11428
USA.
Phone:+1-631-980-2795
Email: davis.wayne68@yahoo.com



CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Friend,

This is a personal letter directed to you and I request that it be treated as such. I am Davis K. Wayne, A citizen of USA, a Consultant and I am presently working on a file involving a deceased family, a citizen of your country here in after referred to as Client, who worked as an independent contractor with Shell Oil Company in Houston, USA.

In the course of my findings, I have discovered an account belonging to the Late Client valued at $9,500,000.00 (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) left behind by the deceased client with a Bank here in the USA and which the bank tried to conceal for these years as it has been dormant.

My further findings has lead to the discovery that the deceased Client, his wife and their only daughter were victims of the attack of the world trade centre on September 11, 2001 and unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of his extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. Even my several visit to your Embassy did not yield any fruitful result, I also discovered that in all his files he never mentioned having any relatives nor cousin’s. The Bank official in-charge of the account has contacted me and asked that I seek and present the deceased surviving next of kin so that they will release the funds left in their custody to them as the Law provides that at the expiration of 20 years the fund will revert to the ownership of the Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund.

My proposition to you is to present you to the bank as the Surviving Next of kin and beneficiary so that the bank will pay out this $9,500,000.00 (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to you for us to share on a percentage to be agreed upon. All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided by me.

I will guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, Please do get back to me immediately you received this letter via my email below so that I can give you comprehensive details on how we can proceed.

Regards and God bless

Davis K. Wayne
Phone:+1-631-980-2795
Email: davis.wayne68@yahoo.com

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