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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. Aleksander Jakub Szymon" <a.szymon@yandex.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. Aleksander Jakub Szymon" <aleksszymon101@gmail.com>,
aleksszymon101@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:08:26 +0100
Subject: If you are interested kindly reply.

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr. Aleksander Jakub Szymon. I'm the Chief Executive Officer of ING Bank in Poland. I decided to seek a confidential co-operation described with you in the execution of this transaction for both of our mutual benefit and urge you to keep it as top
secret because of the nature of this transaction.

During the examination of the accounts in our bank, I discovered an abandoned sum of €95,000,000.00 Euros in an account that belongs to one of our business investor's customers (Late Mr. George Wilson) that unfortunately lost his life and that of his family
in a plane crash 8 years ago.

After going through his personal file in my bank, I discovered that he died without specific sole beneficiary. I would like to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account value sum of
€95,000,000.00 Euros will be released to you as the sole beneficiary.

If you accept my deal, the total funds will be divided into equal parts with a percentage ratio of 50% for me and 50% for you.

All I require is your honest cooperation, trust and utmost confidentiality in order to achieve this project a success.

I have carefully mapped the modalities for the implementation of this transaction under a legitimate arrangement to protect your interest and keep every information secretly.
If you are interested kindly reply back urgently.

Dr. Aleksander Jakub Szymon,
Chief Executive Officer
ING Bank, Poland.

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