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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: "Mark Douglas" <mailus@rothsdeliveries.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:20:33 -0400
Subject:

I am sorry to contact you unannounced through this medium. I am
Mr.
Jimmy Alvin, Senior Managing Director of Nat Bank of United States.
I write you this proposal in good faith hoping that I will rely on
you . In 2013, one Mr. Mark who has same surname as yours and who
has your country in his file as his place of origin, made a fixed
deposit for 36 calendar months, valued at $1,500,000.00 with my
bank. I was his account officer before I rose to the position of the
Senior Managing Director now. The maturity date for this deposit
contract was 16th of January 2016. Unfortunately, while on a
business trip ,he died in a deadly earthquake that occurred on April
16, 2016 Manta's central commercial shopping district, in Ecuador
which at least 676 people were killed and 16,600 people injured

Since the last quarter of 2016 until today,the management of my
bank
have been finding a means to reach him so as to ascertain if he will
want to roll over the Deposit or have the contract sum withdraw
.Since September 2016,when I discovered that this will happen , I
learnt of his death ,so I have tried to think up a procedure to
preserve this fund and use the proceed for charity .

Some directors here have been trying to find out from me the
information about this account and the owner, but I have kept it
closed because, I know that if they become aware that Mr, Mark is
now late, they will corner the funds for themselves. Therefore, I am
seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from
his fund at his death since you have the same surname, so that my
bank head quarters will pay the funds to you.

I have done enough inside bank arrangement and will only have to put
in your details into the information network in the bank computers and
reflect you as his next of kin.

I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds
equal,50/50% to both parties My share will assist me to start a charity
organization to help the poor and also own a company which has been my
dream.

Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information as
TOP SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent
response strictly through my personal email address,
jimmyalvin899@gmail.com
Have a nice day,and may GOD bless you.

Anticipating your communication.

Mr. Jimmy Alvin
Jimmyalvin899@gmail.com

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