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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: mralanpinn@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 02:32:22 +0000
Subject: Hello My Good Friend

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSca3JLDzzfgcVm1YcMVwSjR-ByJ7aknt4l56qr3HCQ_6SRQbQ/viewform?vc
Hello My Good Friend

I wish to introduce myself to you, I am Mr. Alan Inn a citizen of Benin,
also a staff of an bank (UBA BANK) Porto-Novo office. I am the Group Chief
Financial Officer and Client Asset Management. I am pleased to get across
to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal which I believe
will profit the both of us after completion. I contacted you after a
careful thought that you might be capable of handling this business
transaction, which I will explain below. The sum of (Thirty Five Million
Five Hundred Thousand USD) is floating unclaimed in my bank as all efforts
to get across to the relatives of our client who deposited the money have
hit the stones.

All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. My position here at
my office requires me to investigate and provide the Next of Kin/Business
Partner, I therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr.
Roger Wright did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his
official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank.
According to the Benin Law the money will be reverted to the ownership of
the Benin government after 12 years if nobody applies to claim the fund. To
prevent this from happening I have decided to seek your assistance to have
you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund (35.5 Million USD),
would be released in your name as the next of kin and paid into your
account. All documents that will have you claim this fund without stress
will be secure and forward to you, we will join hand together to pay the
cost.

I intend to give 50% of the total funds which is the sum of [Seventeen
million, seven hundred and fifty thousand USD] as a compensation for your
assistance. I will notify you on the full transaction on receipt of your
response if interested, and I shall send you the details and necessary
procedures with which to make the transfer.

Should you be interested? Please respond to my private email (
mralaninn@yahoo.com ):

1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address
4. Occupation

Your immediate response will be appreciated.

Regards,
Mr. Alan Inn.

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