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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: "Brawley Aldwin " <brawleyaldwin002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.johnpaulburnett@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 22:14:22 -0800
Subject: Dear Marc Perkel


Dear Marc Perkel
Address:Msnbc One Msnbc Plaza NJ 07096 Firstly, I must solicit your confi=
dence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly=
confidential. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make=
one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well =
at the end of the day. Let me start by first introducing myself properly=
to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was=
no previous correspondence between us. My name is Brawley Aldwin and I am =
the account officer to Late Mr. Alain Perkel. He died along with his only d=
aughter in the year 2013 in an automobile accident in Malaga, Spain. My in=
tention of contacting you is to crave your participation in securing the fu=
nds left behind by deceased Alain in our financial institution amounting to=
=20AC 34.700.000 Euros which is prone to being confiscated for dormancy an=
d prone to being declared unserviceable by the Bank audit department. The=
Bank has issued me the final notice to contact the next of kin of deceased=
Alain, referred to as the account holder before the next general audit of =
our financial institution or else, the account will be declared unserviceab=
le and the fund will be diverted to the Bank treasury as unclaimed public f=
unds. All my efforts to get in contact with any of his relative has been fu=
tile. For this reason, I contacted you because you have the same last na=
me with my deceased client, I ask you for your consent to present you to th=
e bank as beneficiary to the funds. All the legal documentations to back =
up your claim as my client's next of Kin, I shall provide them. All I requi=
re is your honest cooperation to enable us complete this transaction and ac=
hieve this goal. I wish to point out that I suggest 10% of this money to be=
donated to Charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% is shared equall=
y between us. Be assured that my proposal to you is entirely risk free. I w=
ill use my position as Mr. Alain 's Account Officer to guarantee the succes=
sful execution of this transaction without any hitch. Kindly reply me on=
my email for more secured communication: Upon your response, I shall then =
provide you with more details and relevant documents for your understanding=
. The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangemen=
t that will protect you from any infraction of the law. However, if this bu=
siness proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology.=
If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back =
to me with your interest for further explanation. Ich verbleibe mit Freu=
ndliche Gr=FC=DFe,
Brawley Aldwin LLP
Phone: +447480721808 =20

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