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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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Fraud email example:

From: admin@adnlitat.pw
Reply-To: jdes05@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:41:01 +0100
Subject: Awaiting your urgent reply

Good Day

I am sorry for encroaching on your privacy in this manner but it is for a business purpose , I will like to take a little time to Introduce myself, I am Mr Joseph Machale , Chief Financial Officer and Non Executive Director, Private banking Royal Bank of Scotland .I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come across as a result of this mail. I contacted you privately and no one is informed of this communication. I will give you the entire story behind the Business here. I do hope you find it interesting enough in accepting this proposal.

Sometime in 2012, a certain Engineer/contractor made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, currently valued at GBP4,843,000.00 (Four Million Eight Hundred and Forty Three Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in my bank. Upon maturity, routine notifications were sent to his forwarding address but we got no reply. After a month, i sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, Royal Dutch plc that he died alongside his longtime companion in an Auto crash.
If you are familiar with private banking practice, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In the deceased bio-data form, he listed no next of kin,In the field of private banking, accounts are rarely held under a name, depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous.

In this case, the deceased died intestate. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away, my bank conducted a search in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the funds. this has for the past years been unfruitful. This sum has since been sitting in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has been able to come forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment ( United Kingdom), at the expiration of a given period if the said fund is not claimed, the money will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom government.

The world of banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. In this case, I alone have the deposit details as I was the account officer to the deceased as at the time the account Fixed deposit was made my bank will release the deposit to no one unless evidence of relationship with the deceased is presented. The bank's management has no single idea of the history of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to the party that comes forward. This is the situation. My bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man's family.

Consequently, what I propose is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to the deceased Depositor as you both have same last name so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple as I will explain in detail to you when I get your response. Being aware of this request I am making, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime.

The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting the public.
My position guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect.
In closing, please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.
If you are interest please revert back through my private email: josephmachale9@gmail.com

Awaiting your urgent reply

With Regards,
Joseph Machale
Non Executive Director
Private Banking Service
Royal Bank of Scotland
Sw12 London

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