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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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Fraud email example:

From: ''Thomas Hacket''<tthomashackett@gmail.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2020 11:47:48 +0100
Subject: Greetings from Cayman Islands

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2020 06:42:45 +0100

Greetings from Cayman Islands,

The internet has been grossly abused by scam artist and miscreants whose intention is to hurt. In as much as one should be careful, at the same time we should not allow negativity to kill the positive potential in a realistic business.please read my proposal carefully as it is 100% Risk-free.

My name is Mr.Thomas Hackett and i am the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank & Trust International.I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my Bank. After annual audit Last month I discovered documents of a late client Mr. Abdul Mohamed Al Mutairi A Saudi business magnate who made a number of fixed deposit with this bank valued at $14M (Fourteen Million United State Dollars) and I was lucky to have the scanned documents with me in safe position. I discovered from his contract employers LEKOIL Cayman that Mr. Abdul Mohamed Al Mutairi died in a plane crash On 20 April 2012 on a Bhoja Air Flight 213, a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by the Pakistani airline Bhoja Air from Karachi to Islamabad with his entire family and other passengers on board.

According to Cayman Island Dormant accounts law, after the expiration of 6 (six) years if no one applies for the claim it will be confiscated as state treasury.I am seeking for your support to stand as next of kin/beneficiary to claim these funds so that we can put it into useful investments.I am ready to negotiate with you a mutually beneficial sharing formula.However, you will have to assent to an express agreement which I will forward to you in order to bind us in this transaction. Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or E-mail the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through my alternative email (t homashackett@groupmail.com or tthomashackett@gmail.com) for better confidentiality, and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please let me have your opinion as soon as possible for my contact number is +16312594147, if this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response.
Thanks for your kind understanding.

Mr.Thomas Hackett
Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank & Trust International

 

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