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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: Joe Washington <mailbox@newsbetaym.online>
Reply-To: JoeWashungton_associates@consultant.com
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:26:14 -0700
Subject: I Wish To Invest With You



--
Dear Partner,

My name is Barr. Joe Washington, a partner at Washington& Associate SA a
UK
based Law Firm.

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried,
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I
decided to contact you after series of attempt to locate members of
deceased family.

There is an unclaimed “contract payment” for Ten Million Nine Hundred &
Fifty Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven Dollars (US$ 10,950,777.00)
with Atatuk Energy in Turkey www.atatukenergy.com . The contract holder
was
one of our clients, Late Eng. <name> <surname>, who was a top supplier
of
Energy Equipment to the Atatuk Energy Turkey. He died in an accident in
London, Seven years ago. Since his death no one has come forward for the
claim and all our efforts to locate his relatives have proved
unsuccessful.
The company code stipulates that “insured permanent policies" not
claimed
must be turned over to the abandoned property division of the state
after
seven years.

Therefore, I ask for your consent to be in partnership with me for the
claim of this policy benefit, in view of the fact that you share the
same
last name with the deceased. If you permit me to add your name to the
policy, all proceeds will be processed on your behalf. I wish to point
out
that I want 10% of this money to be shared among charity organizations
while the remaining 90% will be shared between us.

This is 100% risk free; I do have all necessary documentation to
expedite
the process in a highly professional and confidential manner. I will
provide all the relevant documents to substantiate your claim as the
beneficiary. This claim requires a high level of confidentiality and it
may
take up to thirty (30) business days, from the date of receipt of your
consent.

Please contact me either email and or Phone: +442033226706
If you are interested please contact me by email, requesting for more
details and documents, which i shall furnish you, while i expect a
direct
contact number to reach you.

Joe Washungton , B.A. (Distinction), J.D.
Attorney

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