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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: kenneth Lazarous <karenlazarous07@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 07:19:13 +0100
Subject: Request

Dear Respected.

Kindly Read Below, I Seek Your Help To Use This Fund For Business With You
In Your Country Home.

With faith I present this proposal to you hoping to rely on you. In 2015, A
client who has the same surname as yours and also has your country in his
file as his place of origin, made a fixed deposit for 36 calendar months,
valued at $8,640,000.00 with my bank. I was his account officer before his
demise. The maturity date for this deposit contract was 16th of January
2018.Unfortunately, while on a business trip; he died in a deadly
earthquake that occurred in Southern province of China which killed many
people.

Since the last quarter of the year to date, the management of my bank have
been finding a means to reach him so as ascertain if he will want to roll
over the Deposit or have the contract sum withdraw .Since September
2015.When I discovered that this will happen, I learnt of his death. I have
tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the proceeds
for charity and investment purposes.

Some directors have been trying to dig out some information about this
account and the owner. I have kept it closed because, if they become aware
of the dead, they will divert the funds for their personal use.

Therefore, I am seeking your cooperation to present you as the one to
benefit from his fund at his death since you have the same name, so that my
bank head quarters will pay the funds to you .I have done enough inside
bank arrangement and will only have to put in your details into the
information network in the bank database to reflect you as his next of kin.

Let me know your mind on this. At the receipt of your reply, strictly
through my personal email address, I will give you details of the
transaction. Anticipating your communication.

Regard

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