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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: "Dr. Steven" <info@theblindanddeaf.org>
Reply-To: velimirovicsteven@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:05:35 +0300
Subject: Good day..


I'm Dr. Steven, from Toronto, Canada. Please my sincere apology if this
message does not meet your personal quirks; I am contacting you because
someone I presumed to be your relative because you are both from the
same country and most importantly because of the similarities in your
surnames who was an investor with our bank but died on Tuesday August
16, 2005 in a plane crash in Venezuela has come to the limelight in our
bank because since 2005 that he died his portfolio and investment worth
£9.8Millions has not been touched because no name next-of-kin is in his
bio-data form. If you are familiar with Investment Banking affairs those
who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity with some levels of
detachment from conventional processes as they operates their accounts
with numbers, pin and codes because they are mostly high net
politicians, celebrities and high class society figures. If no one
claims this money the bank will revert it into its treasury as unclaimed
or abandoned monies. I came to you because of the similarities in your
surnames which invariably qualified you as his successor, I will simply
insert your name into his file from our system and make you the heir to
this abandoned money, present you to the bank as the rightful heir and
then furnish & empowered you with all the relevant information and
documents, then we claim the funds officially, legally and share it.
Nobody, dead or alive is aware of this. Your surname has planted you at
the centre of relevant toward the acquisition of this wealth. Please get
back to me with your most direct telephone number.Yours Sincerely
Please contact me via private email: velimirovicsteven@gmail.com or
whatsapp line +1 613 8007720
Dr. Steven Velimirovic
Chief Accountant/Investment Banking

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