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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: "Jesu don be;into" <jesu.don.belinto004@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jesu.don.belinto001@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:10:54 +0200
Subject: I Await Your Response



I am aware that the content of this letter will come to you as a
surprise as we haven?t had the privilege of any prior business
acquaintance. Nevertheless, I have contacted you with a clear purpose
to establish a rewarding and enduring business relationship. I
therefore, look forward to your implicit understanding; trust in all
information that will be made available for your consideration.\
My name is ,Jesu Don Belinto a personal private account manager with
the Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy).

I got your contact address in my search for the next of kin to a
deceased customer of our bank, who lived and died in the USA from
cardiac arrest in the year 2008. Unfortunately this customer died
intestate leaving his bank account with an open beneficiary status.
All efforts made by our bank to locate his relatives have been
unsuccessful so I decided to write you as I have monitored this
account in the bank for over 9 years now as his former private account
officer and no one have come forth with any claim. This forms the
basis of my contact with you. I would like to present you to our bank
as his next of kin to claim this investment account worth 43.5Million
(USD) . This will be a process of legal filing through channels within
the bank.

For us to proceed, you will apply to the bank as an extended relative
under my guidance, as next of kin to the deceased customer while I
work from the inside to make sure all needed information and relevant
information as well as documents are provided to you to back up your
claims. The account has an open beneficiary status, which is why I
have contacted you to come forth and claim the funds as the next of
kin and beneficiary. With the backing documents, it will be a straight
forward exercise. If we do not make a claim to the funds now, the
funds would be reverted back to the system as an unclaimed estate
account at the expiration of a 10 year dormancy period.

I assure you that this transaction would be handled meeting
inheritance laws and banking application procedures and every
necessary arrangement will be put in place to make you the inheritor.
It also requires all confidentiality at this stage and I believe that
you are ready to keep this with expected discretion until the funds
are transferred to your nominated bank account. Once the funds are
released to you, it will be shared between the two of us at 50%.
contact me at my private email jesu.don.belinto001@gmail.com

Kindly send your response to me indicating your willingness to be part
of this transaction as I will be furnishing you with more details.
This is a remarkable opportunity, one which is achievable.

I await your response

Sincerely,
Mr Jesu Don Belinto

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