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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. Phil Wilson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drphilwilson1975@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:03:42 -0800
Subject: YOUR INHERITANCE????

Dear Sir,

I am Barrister Phil Wilson (ATTORNEY IN FACT). I got your email address through our chamber of commerce, trade and industry while searching for trustworthy individual who will assist me in this business. My client by Name Mr. Barry a national of your country and share the same last name of you and an oil consultant who I have been his legal representative (attorney) for many years died with the members of his family in autobile accident on 17th July 2010. He has $12,500,000.00 floating in his suspense account and all the effort I made to locate any member of his family through your Embassy here proved abortive.

Now, this money is still in the bank and nobody is coming to claim the money, the Management under the influence of their Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors of the bank mandated me as his lawyer to provide the next of kin or his relation and failure to do so after 1year, the fund to be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to the trust funds for arms and ammunition according to bank law. This will enhance the course of War in the World general, this is totally a wrong idea, it is not good for the world. People are dying outside there due to one or more dreadful diseases; we can make their lives more meaningful.

In the light of the above, I need you as a foreigner to act as the next of kin. You will arrange for a bank account I will submit to bank that you are the next of kin to my client with your account details as to where the fund will be transferred as a distance relation.
Send me the following:


Your Full Name;
Your Country and Address;
Your direct phone number,

After the successful transfer of this fund to your account, I will make arrangement to come to your country so that we can share the fund, Your share will be 45% while 10% is set aside for any expenses incurred during the course of this project both local and international, the rest of 45% will be for myself. Please this business is 100% risk free.

Remember to send me your phone and fax number.

My regards to you and your family.

Reply this mail urgent to enable me give you more information.
Best Regards,
Barr.Phil Wilson (esq)

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