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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 HARRISON CHAMBERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulharrison0gi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:09:04 -0700
Subject: I AM STILL AT YOUR SERVICE]s

WHO IS KING;JESUS


IRREGULARITIES OF YOUR FUNDS CLAIM


GOOD DAY,MY NAME IS PAUL HARRISON,PLEASE I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT SOMETIME LAST YEAR OR YEARS AGO I WAS REPRESENTING YOU AS YOUR ATTORNEY TO LAY CLAIM YOUR INHERITANCE VALUED AT $25MILLIONUSD FROM MRS DEBORAH HERMAN.

WE,MEANING YOU AND I ACTUALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO GET THE FUNDS RELEASED FROM INFINITY SECURITY COMPANY VIA CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA AFTER PAYING AND SECURING EVERY DOCUMENTATION BUT YOU FAILED TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS WHEN IT ENTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE FEDERAL RESERVE ALTHOUGH YOU NEVER GOT BACK TO ME ON YOUR STATUS ON THE FUNDS.

INFORMATION REACHING ME TODAY INDICATES THAT THE FUNDS($25MILLIONUSD WAS RETURNED BACK BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS UNCLAIMED TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA EARLY THIS YEAR.

I AM SURE IT ASTONISHES YOU THAT I CONTACTED YOU TODAY BUT THE CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA ACTUALLY CONTACTED ME TODAY BECAUSE I WAS THE ATTORNEY IN THE CASE FILE REPRESENTING YOU THROUGH YOUR CLAIM BUT THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS IS THAT THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF TRANSFERRING YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS($25MILLIONUSD) TO A MR ROBERT BROWN CLAIMING TO BE YOUR RELATIVE AND WHO HAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS WITH YOUR SIGNATORY PROVING YOUR PROOF OF DEATH IN ORDER FOR HIM TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS ON YOUR BEHALF.

I WAS CALLED ONLY TO CONFIRM BEFORE THE TRANSFER WILL BE COMPLETED TO HIS NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE NEXT 48HOURS.


PLEASE IN YOUR BEST INTEREST AND IN HELPING MRS HERMAN SERVE HUMANITY AS A CHRISTIAN THAT YOU ARE,I WILL ADVISE THAT YOU READ THE INFORMATION BELOW AND VERIFY IF THIS PERSON IS INDEED YOUR RELATIVE BEFORE YOU LOOSE YOUR FUNDS WHICH YOU HAVE PAID AND WORKED FOR ALL THIS WHILE,THIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM AND DO WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED,TO HELP HUMANITY AND I REMAIN AT YOUR SERVICE IF YOU NEED ME.I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

THE IMPOSTER PERSON CLAIMING TO BE YOUR RELATIVE APPLYING FOR TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS,HIS DETAILS ARE BELOW:

Bank Name: U.S Bank Trust, N.A, MN;

Swift Code: USBKUS4TCOR;

Routing #: 121122676;

Account Number: 153459581457;

Account Beneficiary Name: Robert B. Brown;

Beneficiary Address: 5021 Laguna Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95758.


PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR POSITION AND STATUS IMMEDIATELY IF THIS PERSON IS RELATED TO YOU IF YOU ALIVE.

ONCE AGAIN,ITS MY PLEASURE TO BE AT YOUR SERVICE.

REPLY BACK HERE: paulharrison0gi@gmail.com

CORDIALLY,

ATTORNEY PAUL HARRISON(ESQ

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