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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: "Dan Stolzer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stolzerdan1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:50:09 -0700
Subject: Attention Dear Customer

Attention Dear Customer

I am Dan Stolzer, I work with a reputable financial institution in United State of America, Bank Address 111 Ballanard Ave, Pitman New Jersey 08071, FULTON BANK OF NEW JERSEY as an Account Officer in the Treasury/Credit Control Unit. I was mandated to look for a Customer who died some years back in Westgate shopping mall attack by Al-Shabaab terror attack, on 23rd September 2013, to enable his family or relatives claim his money/inheritance funds in his account in our bank.

The wife of my client has been searching for a kind and Godly partner to assist her financially to claim her Inheritance fund of her husband / my late client from the Bank and the State Government, but she could not find any as she is sick in the hospital now so she decided for I the late client account manager to help to contact you regardless of the fact that you are not direct or indirect relative, for the bank not to share her funds by dividing it among themselves workers in the bank.
I have contacted you to ASSIST in repatriating the assets and Capital valued at 12,540,000.00 Million Dollars (USD) financially, I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free The money will be shared on a 70%-30% basis with the dead client wife Mrs. Joanne Arnswald , I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Kindly replies to our private emails to enable you to proceed with this claim with the following information below.

Full name:
Home address:
Sex:
Age:
Country:
City:
Phone number:
Occupation:
One government valid ID card:Account details where to transfer the fund:

The above information is going to be used for the online registration to enable and check if we can be able to transfer the fund to you for the transaction to take place as soon as possible, remember this is a transaction deal and may God bless you for your good work helping this helpless and sick woman, Please do contact to my private email :(stolzerdan1@gmail.com)
I am waiting to hear from you soon.

Best regards,
Dan Stolzer
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Designee Fulton Financial Corporation

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