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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: ELDER PETER <waltersamuelnkanuonnoghen@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elderpetervoctor@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:59:56 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT.

Dear Sir

I am Dr Mitt Romney,the personal physician to .Mr Pannell Louis a
national of your country, who used to work for Shell petroleum
development company in Nigeria as a civil contractor.

On the 2nd day of March,2020 ,my patient tested positive to Corona
virus in the ikoyi area of Lagos state.He was immediately taken to an
isolation center by the Nigeria Center for disease control(NCDC).

He eventually died after the painful battle with the dreaded virus on
the 31st day of April,2020.May his soul rest eternally....



Ever since then I have made several enquirers to your embassy,through
my attorney, to locate any of my Patient's extended relatives.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.His
Lawyer,whose body language,to me,is to dubiously corner a large chunk
of the the funds in connivance with the financial institution.And I am
bound to thwart it.

Since,I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for about 3
weeks now.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds could
be remitted to you.A favorable percentage of this funds,which is
subjected to negotiation will be parted with in your favor. All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

Upon showing interest,the email contacts of the deceased's lawyer
shall be forwarded to you to lay claims to the funds as the
next-of-kin..

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.


Yours faithfully,
Dr Mitt Romney.

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