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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: "Dr.Don P.Banker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrdonbakk2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 05:31:38 -0600
Subject: Compliments,

Compliments,

I am the Principal Attorney charged with the responsibility of managing a particular investment account for a resident foreigner who died, leaving in my care, a sizeable amount in investment just when we were concluding the investment release procedures. Just recently, we discovered a copy of the Last Will and Testament of the deceased in our archives and a name appeared on the Will as a next of kin and beneficiary of the inheritance, hence, I am contacting you to that effect.

The peculiarity here is that your benefactor shared the same surname with you and and as such, with proper co ordinations between you and I, I can do the necessaries with the Last Will and Testament to validate you as the beneficent, thus satisfying the mandatory legal requirement of Beneficiary/Next of Kin Verification. I therefore need your assistance to facilitate all actions in securing the investment before it is declared unserviceable by the custodian, as they have already issued a mandatory formality notice for me to provide the beneficiary of the investment with proof, or have the fund confiscated and this should expire within 30 days.

The followings are my specifications for your consideration and immediate attention as all we need to do now in response is to confirm your beneficiary status as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of the investment, valued at US$7,750,000.00 (Seven Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you before it is rendered unserviceable. Please re-confirm the following as required:

1) Your full name.
2) Address.
3) Phone, Mobile and Fax if any.
4) Profession and Age.

As soon as I receive this information, the re validation and re confirmation processes will commence in your favor.

Sincerely,
Dr.Don P.Banker (Principal Partner),
Dr.Don P.Banker & Associates®..

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