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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: Donna Horton <mrs.doncarter@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Donna Horton <privateoffficeboxs@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:56:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: To whom it may concern

Dearest In Partnership,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this letter. I am the director of Assets and Treasures in a deposit company where I work. I am writing you this letter to seek your partnership cooperation in receiving a total amount of $13.7M (Thirteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States dollars) which was deposited with our company. This total amount was deposited as a family treasure with my company by late Ms.Nelda Parker, a US citizen.

Ms.Nelda Parker, A single mother and her two Children were killed in auto crash. Since the untimely death of Ms.Parker and his family, the management of my company has mandated my office to make several inquiries to locate any of his extended relatives, but no fruitful result was achieved as all my efforts also proved unsuccessful to locate any member of her family. Before my observation in this development, I discovered that late Ms.Parker did not make any WILL.

The management has been deliberating on how to revert this fund to the company's account since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two and half years now. It is therefore upon this discovery that i and my junior colleague in my department decide to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased so that we will quickly move this money out to be delivered in your care as the next of kin or relation entitled to inherit this fund.

All arrangement to move this deposited fund has been put in place and all i require is your honest and sincere partnership co-operation to enable us see this money secured into a reliable custody. As an insider in the company, I have all the necessary legal documents that will back up the claim of this deposit and I guarantee you that this fund movement will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law.

On smooth completion and receipt of this total deposited fund, you will be entitled to your own share of the total sum as gratification. We agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as our receiving partner, while 65% would be for me and my junior colleague. Thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement and further investment plans.

You have been advised to keep this information a top secret as we are still working in the company and intend to resign from service after this money is received in your secured bank account. I shall furnish you with further details and necessary procedures with which to make a quick shipment progress. I suggest you get back to me immediately.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and best regards.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Donna Horton

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