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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 jason <thomasjas010@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 16:51:11 -0700
Subject: REPLY ME ASAP

Dear Sir/Madam,,

Please I want you to read this mail with concentration so that you will
properly understand me..I am an Attorney at law. This is about my client
who is a foreigner who passed away without a
WILL for his estate.

I appeal to you to assist me in this business transaction regarding the
funds deposited by my late client, which
amount to ($7.6,000,000,00 million dollars) the deceased deposited this
amount with a Bank in London in 2007 before
his untimely Death.

He had suffered from heart disease before he died in the year 2013.The
filing and recording department of the Bank
have tried to contact his relatives but no fruitful information about the
relatives which was why they contact me as
his personal attorney to present someone to inherit this fund which is the
reason I am contacting you to assist me
with hope you will not let me down.

Presently this account is dormant because it is unclaimed. Now, as his
personal attorney, the bank issued legal
notification to present the deceased Next of Kin to place a claim on this
fund which was why I contacted you. I want
you to know that all the required documents to legally backup this claim
can be provided by me as his personal lawyer.

Therefore we will be successful to claim the fund with your name as the
next of kin to my deceased client as soon as
you are willing to comply and take the offer of 40% of the total amount
after the claim and transfer of the fund into
your designated account. Most importantly, it will be very wise of you to
handle this transaction as strictly confidential.

Have no fear or worries as all documents needed to present you to the bank
as the next of kin and beneficiary will be
arranged to back up the claim and i assure you this transaction is 100%
risk free.

To enable us to proceed, i will need the following details.

(1) First name
(2) Middle name if any
(3) Surname
(4) Occupation
(5) Age
(6) Country of origin
(7) Mobile phone number

N/B, I will give you further details as soon as i hear from you.

I await your quick response.

Regards,
Barr.Thomas Jason

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