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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: "Mr.Nicolas Gutierrez" <admin@ninetycurve.com>
Reply-To: infonlanla1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 01:51:41 +0100
Subject: Good day dear



--
ATTN.


I know that this proposal may come to you as a surprise especially
having to come from someone you have not met before, but I would like
you to co-operate with me so that this US$35M will be released and
transferred into your account. I am the Manager of bill and exchange at
the foreign remittance department of Royal Bank of Scotland.


Though I know that a business of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of
the day. We have decided to contact you by email due to the urgency of
this "deal", as we have been reliably informed of your honesty and
ability in a transaction of this nature.


In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of £30,000,000.00
(THIRTY Million British Pounds Sterling) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customer (MR. DIETER JAHN GOTZE from BERLIN, Germany)
who died along with his entire family in July 2012 in a plane crash.


About his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward
and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies
for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines and policies but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the ugly
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claims. It is therefore upon
this discovery that I have decided to make this business proposal to you
to transact this DEAL with you and to act as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming forth and l don’t want this money to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed Bill.



According to our Banking policies and guideline here which stipulates
that if such money remained unclaimed after six years, the money will
automatically be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund?
My request for a foreigner to act as next of kin in this business is by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a citizen of this country
cannot stand or put claims as next of kin to a foreigner. l agreed to
offer 40% of the total fund to you, for your assistance, to act as the
next of Kin to the foreigner, to provide account, 10% will be for
reimbursement of any expenses incurred during the curse of the
transaction.



Thereafter, I and my family will visit your country for disbursement and
for investment in your country. Therefore to enable the immediate
transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank
name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number
for easier and effective communication and location where the money will
be transfer. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or
email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made
for the transfer.



Let truth and honesty be our watchword in this transaction while I look
forward to receiving your immediate response.



Yours faithfully,
Mr.Nicolas Gutierrez

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