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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: Jason Reece <ekuojo02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info@nitoscebu.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:07:21 +0100
Subject: Need Your Sincere Cooperation

--
Hello,

How are you doing today? I have been expecting to hear back from you
to know if you received the earlier message I sent you explaining my
intention to present you to the Credit Union Bank London, as the
bonafide / rightful Next of Kin and Inheritor of an Inheritance sum of
£12,870,900.00 (Twelve Million Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Nine
Hundred Pounds) under their custody. I am wondering why I have not
received any response from you till now regarding this issue.

The reason why I contacted you is to seek your genuine collaboration
with me so that I can present you to the bank as the rightful next of
kin and inheritor of the inheritance sum left behind by Susan
Orwel-Brown with the Credit Union Bank, London.

The inheritance law of the United Kingdom gives a maximum of 10 years,
within which assets left behind by deceased family should be
re-possessed or be forfeited to the Treasury of the United Kingdom. I
do not belong to the school of thought that suggests such assets of an
unfortunate family be lost to the possession of a few individuals.
Rather it should be used as vehicle for investment to benefit the less
privilege in the society, hence I contacted you so that you can stand
to receive this fund for onward investment purposes that will be
beneficial to all parties involved.

Kindly find attached a copy of the Death Certificate of the deceased
and last Statement of Account indicating the existence of the fund
with the Bank. This is for your perusal only, do not divulge to third
party as these are sensitive documents.

Kindly write me and confirm your willingness and preparedness to
execute this transaction with me so that we can proceed further.

I wait to hear your opinion on this.

Yours faithfully,

Barr. Reece Jason
St. Mary's Chambers

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