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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.JAMES MCPHERSON FROM UK" <noreply@tabex.com.br>
Reply-To: jamesmcpherson626@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:55:42 -0300
Subject: Hello Dear

Dear Good Friend ,

I wish to introduce myself to you, I am Dr. James Mcpherson a
British, also a staff of an offshore bank (Lloyd Bank Plc) London
office. I am the CEO. 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 £35,500,000.00GBP
(Thirty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pound
Sterling) 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. There is this client Mr Roger Ian Wright a US businessman,
founder of a Sao Paulo-based investment company. On the 23rd of May
2009, Mr. Roger Ian Wright, his wife and his two children all died in
a King Air 350 jet plane crash at the seaside resort town of
Trancoso, in the state of Bahia. You can find below the links
pertaining to this accident

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/23/2579118.htm?section=justin

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, I
therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Roger
Ian 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 British Law the money will revert to the ownership of
the British government after 10 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 Great British Pounds), would be released in your name
as the next of kin and paid into your account. All documents and proof
that will have you claim this fund without stress will be forwarded to
you upon your response to this mail.

I intend to give 50% of the total funds which is the sum of
£17.750,000.00GBP 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 send me your:

1. Full names
2. Private/Mobile phone number (Whatsapp)
3. Current residential address
4. Occupation
5. Age & Sex.

Your immediate response will be appreciated
Kind Regards,
Dr. James Mcpherson

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