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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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Fraud email example:

From: Abelmar <abelmar@edsonqueiroz.com.br>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:01:02 -0300
Subject: PROPOSAL


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Good Day,


My name is Mr.Roger Miguel,Director; HSBC Private Banking,I contact you
independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this
communication.
A client who shares the same name with you and also the circumstances
surrounding
investments made by this client at HSBC Bank Plc.The HSBC
Private banking client died intestate and nominated no next of kin to
inherit the title over the investment made with HSBC Bank Plc.

My proposal;you share similar details to the late fellow;I am prepared to
instruct the Security Consultancy firm to release the deposit to you as the

closest surviving relation.Upon receipt of the deposit,I am prepared�
to share the money with you in half.That is.I will simply nominate you as
the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you.We share the
proceeds 50/50.

I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me,but that would
have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement with claiming the
deposit.But on the other hand, you with the same surname as the original
depositor would easily pass as the beneficiary or next of kin with right to
claim. I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a
few days. I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file I
will then officially communicate with the Security Consultancy firm and
instruct them
to release the deposit to you. With these two things: all is done.

The alternative would be for us to have the Security Consultancy firm direct
the funds to another bank with you as the account holder.

This way there will be no need for you to think of receiving the money from
the Security Consultancy firm as it is not a conventional financial
institution; they accept deposits from only organizations thus; what you
hand over to them is what you get back. They do not have the means to
process the money. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions.

I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no
interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you
do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you,
delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my
career because you do not approve of my proposal.


Hope to hear from you.

Please send your reply to my private email below
rogermiguel089@gmail.com

Truly yours
Mr.Roger Miguel.



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Grupo Edson Queiroz - Webmail


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