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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: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <Stb.Dieter.Weller@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "allen_milton@aol.com" <allen_milton@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:30:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST.


NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OFFICE WASHINGTON DC,
NOTARIES, AND CONVEYANCES.
(Fund Trustees and Executors)


RE: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST.


On behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the estate of Late Mr. Gordon
Griffith, we once again try to notify you as our earlier email was returned
undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address
on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Mr. Gordon Griffith made your
email address among several others a beneficiary to his WILL.

He left the sum of USD $2,400.000.00 (Two Million Four Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) to you in the codicil and last testament to his
will.This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being a widely traveled man, he collated many email addresses in the
past from which he instructed that we choose beneficiaries of his will and
simply your email was nominated to benefit from his vast will.

Mr. Gordon Griffith, until his death, was a member of the Helicopter
Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers. He was a
very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy
earned him numerous accolades.


Sincerely,
Milton J. Allen
157 N Street, N.E. Suite 4.500
Washington, DC 20530-0001 USA.
Tel: +1 202 794 9574 Fax: + 1 443 458 9402
Email: allen_milton@aol.com <mailto:allen_milton@aol.com>




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