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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: Jim Edward <josebernaljaen@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jimedward333@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 16:37:53 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

Dear Good Friend,

I apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral
ethics, which I feel may be of great disturbance to your personal
life, but please bear with me and treat with absolute secrecy and
confidentiality. I pray that this email reaches you in the best of
health.

I am Dr. Jim Edward the Director of Foreign Operation Department in
Bank of Africa. I have a very interesting deal to discuss with you,
the deal under discussion has to do with One of our customers Engr.
Stefan Philipp, who and his entire family were among the victims of
Boe 737-type airplane belonging to the Ethiopian Airlines flight
killing at least 149 on board, you can click on the website and
confirm the event of the air crash through
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47513508

Before the unfortunate incident Engr. Stefan Philipp had an account
with us valued at Nine Million, Six hundred Thousand US Dollars (USD
$9.6M) According to the Benin Law at the expiration of one years the
money will revert to the ownership of the Benin Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin for us to claim this fund so that the
fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials who will later use the money to sponsor
war in Africa and kill innocent citizens in the search for political
power.

Please note that this is 100% risk-free and my position as the
Director of Operation in this bank guarantees the successful execution
of this transaction. If you are interested and in agreement with me,
please write back immediately. This money will be shared 50% to me
45% to you and 5% for incurred expenses, each once the fund is
transferred to your account.

Thanks and God Bless You

Best Regards,
Dr.Jim Edward

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