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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: Paulraj John Peter <admin@ninetycurve.com>
Reply-To: attorneylawfirmbl@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:17:40 +0100
Subject: Greetings



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Dear Friend,


I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition though,
this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused; I choose to reach you
through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured
medium of communication. I know that this mail will come to you as a
surprise as we have never met before. My name is I am Paulraj John
Peter, Attorney at law. I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this
trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the mutual
benefit of our both families.



I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Bank who perished
along with his next of kin with Korean Air Line, flight number 801 with
the whole passengers on 6th of august 1997 and for your perusal you can
view this site; http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list



Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no
one has come to claim his funds of $138, 386, 450.00 (One Hundred And
Thirty Eight Million Three Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand Four Hundred
and Fifty United states Dollars only) which has been with our branch for
a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the Next of Kin since nobody is coming for the fund
again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more
than eight years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.




In view of this I got your contact through the internet when I was
making a research on a foreigner that I will use in this great
opportunity because I don’t want the money to be recalled to our Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. I have also agreed to offer 45% of the total
sum and the rest 55% will be for me.



The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact that the
deceased man was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding
our Bank for a citizen of the UK to make the claim of the fund. So the
request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and
transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable Bank account as the
Next Of Kin to the deceased. If you are really sure of your integrity,
trustworthy and confidentiality, and accept not to cheat or disappoint
me after this business, reply with your telephone and fax numbers and
banking account details where you wish to receive the fund.



Upon receipt of the above mentioned information’s, indicating your
interest in the business, I will send you by fax or e-mail a letter of
application which you will type and send back to our bank to enable us
start this transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that
this business is hitch free on both sides and don’t have any negative
impact. You should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the
smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this
Transaction will be completed within 10 bank working day immediately you
applied to the Bank as relation to the deceased customer.



Waiting for your urgent response


Yours sincerely,
Barrister Paulraj John Peter

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