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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 SQUIRES JASON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <squires.jason@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 20:12:17 +0400
Subject: TEST YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED ASAP

Dear Friend,
 
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
 
I am Mr.Jason Squires auditor with a bank. I am contacting you based on one of our late customer who unfortunately died on Air India Express, Boeing 737-800 arriving from Dubai crashed Saturday 22nd May 2010 as it overshot a runway while trying to land in southern India.
 
Please you can Visit the Websites below for confirmation:
 
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article435569.ece
 
http://www.airsafe.com/plane-crash/air-india-express-flight-812-boeing-737-mangalore-india.htm
 
Since the death of our customer my bank  have made several inquiries to locate his relations to come up for the inheritance claim, without any success.
 
I came across your name and contact on the course of my personal search for the supposed next of kin so I decided to contact you for this project. I am contacting you to assist in securing the wealth left behind by our late customer to avoid been confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank  and thereby declared state funds.
 
The board of Directors of the bank have been unsuccessful in locating the next of kin to our late customer. it's on this note that I seek your consent to present you as the relation/next of kin so that the proceed of this deposit can be released into your account. The amount deposited is the sum of Twelve million Five Million Dollars. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any breach of the law.
 
Indicate your interest to this offer by furnishing me with your information.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Jason Squires

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