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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: Kevin Roberts <bbc08066960288@gmail.com>
Reply-To: 0228mgt@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 00:02:21 +0000
Subject:

Good day my dear friend.
I am MR. KEVIN ROBERTS, from the United Kingdom, I am bosom friend to
late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, from West Bromwich, United Kingdom, who
was a co-founder of Pinnacle Marketing Communications which has a
registered office in Caroline Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

Pilot Lewis Tonkinson and his wife Sally were flying home with their
son when their light aircraft smashed into woodland on 14 April 2016
and they died and left their six-year-old son. Please
Carefully, visit this webpage;
https://www.business-live.co.uk/business/business-news/jewellery-quarter-businessman-killed-plane-83868212019/10/02
nyregion› plane-crash
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3539055/Millionaire-died-alongside-wife-plane-crashed-saved-son-s-life-telling-brace-just-seconds-aircraft-plummeted-trees.html

Therefore, I am contacting you to stand as one of the business
associates to my late client (late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson) due to his
numerous business partners globally as no one will questioned, as his
only survival son was affected by the Aircraft Mishap, passed on
after.
Furthermore, I will like to present you as one of business partner to
late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, so that we can receive his personal
deposit, worth 3.8 million dollars (Three million eight hundred
thousand United States dollars) he left with a bank in USA. I was his
close friend before his death, all my effort to get in contact with
his relatives has been futile, because none of the family members have
any information about this fund, but if we abandon the fund, the bank
will be confiscate the account and will transfer the 3.8 million
dollars to their treasury account as an unclaimed fund.

Lastly, due to the fact that my two legs are paralyzed and I am not
much active, So, I want you to work with me to secure this fund for
our mutual benefit; all I require from you is honest co-operation to
enable us to see this transaction through. I guarantee it will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
Upon your acceptance to this proposal, this transaction deserves
utmost sincerity and confidentiality till the fund gets transferred
into your account.
I await your urgent response indicating your interest. View appendix
for copy of passport for your perusal.
Best Regards,
Mr. Roberts Kevin

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