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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 Paul Raphael <elektronysk1@elektrony.sk>
Reply-To: paulraph77@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:42:15 +0100
Subject: From Mr Paul Raphael

From Mr Paul Raphael

I expect my letter to meet you in good health and your finest mood
today. Please kindly forgive me for intruding into your privacy. Can you
be trusted in a financial business relationship that will be of mutual
benefit to both of us? I got your name and contact from the
International Business Information of your country with the hope that
you will be interested in what I am about to tell you.

I am Mr Paul Raphael from North West London, here in England. I work for
UBS Bank, London. I am writing to you about a business proposal that
will be of an immense benefit to both of us. Being the Executive
Vice-Chairman - UBS AG Greater London Regional Office, I discovered an
abandoned sum of 22.3 Million Great British Pounds Sterling (Twenty Two
Million Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign deceased customers, a
billionaire Business Mogul Late Mr. Moises Saba Masri, a Jew from Mexico
who was a victim of a helicopter crash January, 2010 resulting to his
death and his family members. Saba was 47-years-old. Also in the chopper
at the time of the crash was his wife, their son Avraham (Albert) and
his daughter-in-law. The pilot was also dead.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction
and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of
the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I
personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 6 months
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Will
Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued
at 22.3 Million Pounds can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40%
to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up this claim we are making. All I need is to fill in your names to
the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the
legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality, and Trust to enable us to see this transaction through.
I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please, provide me with the following, as we have 7 days to run it
through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Your Occupation:
5. Your Nationality:
6. Your sex/Age:

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping
that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest will furnish
you with more information. Endeavour to let me know your decision rather
than keep me waiting.

Regards,
Mr Paul Raphael

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