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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: "JON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jontanjon64@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 01:42:20 -0800
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Attention:
I am very sorry that I have to send you this email without any previous notice/Introduction. I am Mr. Jon Tan, I have just retired from the Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I was a member of the audit committee tasked with the audit/investigation of all commercial banks here in Malaysia. During my time at the Bank Negara Malaysia, I discovered a dormant account which my findings and investigation confirms the account owner is a deceased investor from your country and I have decided to contact you because you bear the same last name which gives you a great opportunity to suggest/claim that you are a relative of the decease and file an application for inheritance to retrieve his dormant account valued at USD$19.500,000:00(Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) as the next of kin to the deceased since he has no existing relative to claim his funds.

Do confirm your willingness to work with me in executing this great once in a life time project which you shall be entitled to 40% of the inheritance amount for your cooperation by indicating your interest and furnishing me the following information: 1.Your full name. 2. Your complete contact address 3.Your Private Telephone & Fax Number which you can send through my confidential email address:

jontanjon64@yahoo.com

As soon as I receive any further correspondence from you, I shall immediately contact you with every details of how we shall proceed to achieve a successful project.

Regards
Jon Tan

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