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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: "PAUL MOORE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulm9782@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:38:54 -0700
Subject: Good Day

Dear My Friend,

I must crave your indulgence to introduce myself as Woods Smith, an
attorney at law, 56 years, and married with four kids.

I got your contact through international web directories. In the
discharge of my duty, I received a notification for claim from my Bank
London, on a domiciliary account belonging to one of my client that
has remained dormant for nine years now with £10.5 Million British
Pounds Sterling Only in it.
My client, late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a real estate investor and
property magnate died on plane crash with all the members of his
family and extended family leaving no next of kin to heir his
properties and cash deposited with the Bank. You are advised to take a
look on

homepage below as reported by BBC.
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Recently, the bank sent me a notification as his legal representative
informing me that any further delay to provide my client next of kin
before the end of this bank year, that based on the bank policy on all
unclaimed fund within a period of ten (10) dormant years that his fund
will be reverted to the ownership of the bank, re transferred into
their escrow account, be shared among their shareholders and my client
account
be confiscated. Can this happen??

I therefore send you this mail extending my hand of friendship to
present you as the bona fide foreign beneficiary and next of kin to my
late client, so that we can work together in partnership and have this
fund claimed from the bank. The fund will be deposited into any
account you will provide. The process involve is very simple. It will
not take more than 14 banking

working days from today to be concluded if you follow all my
instructions accordingly. I also intend to invest into real estate. If
I hear from you, I will tell you the operational and legal process
involve in claiming this fund and having it transferred into your
nominated bank account for our mutual benefit. It is a very simple
process.

I will like you to reply by including your full name, full address and
telephone and fax number for voice discussion. I have already sorted
thing out with the bank.

The modality involve for sharing of the money will be 40% to you while
60% to me as this is a deal between the two of us alone.


Sincerely yours,

PAUL MOORE

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