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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: easter.kamono17@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:16:48 +0000
Subject: ATTN /PROFITABLE INVESTMENT FROM ACCOUNT OFFICER

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxgVbqE8vQNdBzRBqs-pG439PW77N7Ugv9RJz0ZsK6d86tpQ/viewform?vc

My name is Mr.Gilbert Jones and I am a staff of Access Bank Plc, attached
to Investment Banking
Services, I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment
placed under our bank's management; as a matter of fact, it was roughly
11 years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents
of this mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity of the
information you come by as a result of this email. I contacted you
independently and no one is informed of this communication; I would
like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to you and benefit the both of us. All I want is an honest
business transaction between us. First, I will start by introducing
myself. My full name is Mr. Gilbert Jones . I am a British
citizen/Beninese because i have a British Mother and a Beninese
Father and I am currently working with Access Bank. I have been
working here for 21 years now, and I have a good working record with
my bank.

I am also the personal accountant to the account owner, a foreign
contractor who has a financial portfolio of 20,499,500 (Twenty
million, four hundred and ninety-nine thousand, five hundred United
States Dollars.) 10.5M USD in fixed and additional approx10.0M USD
accrued dividend with indefinite interest

My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position whereby an
instruction is given to officially release the deposit to you as the
business associate, and all etiquette shall be done in accordance
with the rule of banking law, I certainly can guarantee you that, by
the common law, the power of bequeathing is coeval with the first
rudiments of the law, and this power has been extended to all. There
is no ruling which prevents an inheritance from being so exhausted by
legacies as to render it unworthy of the heir's acceptance; basically
all persons of sound mind are competent to bequeath and devise real
and personal estate, excepting infants, with all this I would say we
have the clear advantage to carry out a smooth and perfect operation
whereby the paper work shall be coordinated in such a way that your
status as a sole beneficiary is confirmed. Upon receipt of the
deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half and no
more; that is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have
them release the deposit to you; afterwards we share the proceeds in
two equal parts.

If we can be of one accord, I shall have the pleasure of meeting you,
after this task has been completed. The content of this mail should be
treated with utmost confidentiality and a quick response from you will
be highly appreciated. However, if you are not interested in this
proposal, please accept my apologies for sending you the message and
kindly delete message, I promised that you will never hear from me.
I anticipate your co-operation.

Thanks for your time and do have a great day.

Warm Regards,
Gilbert Jones
Reply to gilbertjones2018@outlook.com

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