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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: "Barr. Jacob Walter" <office1@suncor.com>
Reply-To: barrjacobwalters@gmail.com
Date: 02 Feb 2018 11:24:32 -0800
Subject: RE: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSALS !!!

Attorney Jacob Walter
Tel: +34 911 899 574
Fax: +34911 985 126
Date: 2/2/2018.
REF: EUR/ED/ZP/WA02-18

Business Proposal,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this
is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. My name is Barrister
Jacob Walter, an international lawyer and a personal Attorney to
my late client; my purpose of contacting you is for you to help
me to secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it
being confiscated or declared unclaimed by the Bank; the fund
valued (Twelve Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Euros) was
deposited in the Bank by my late client before he passed away on
the 16th April 2004, living the fund with no Testament.

The Bank has issued me a final notice to contact his
relative's/the next of kin or else the account will be declared
unserviceable and the fund will be diverted to the Bank treasury,
so far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to my late
client has been in vain. Hence, I have decided to look for a
reliable person that has the same surname with my late client. I
am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as
the Next of Kin, since you have the same surname so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to your account. All the
legal documentations to back up our claim as my client's next of
Kin, I shall provide them. All I require from you is your full
confidential co-operation to enable us achieve this transaction.

I wish to point out that I want 20% of this money to be shared
among the Charity Organizations, while the remaining 80% is
shared equally between us. This transaction is entirely risk
free. I will use my position as the client's personal attorney to
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you
are interested, please contact me on Tel: 34 911 899 574 ,Fax:
34911 985 126 or private email: attjwalter@mail2world.com

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details
and relevant documents that will help you understand more on this
transaction.
However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics,
please do accept my sincere apology, If on the contrary you wish
to achieve this goal with me, kindly get revert back to me with
your interest for further explanations.

Sincerely,
Barr. Jacob Walter]
(Attorney at Law)


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