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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: "Barrister Kalinkin Aliaksandr Esq." <officialmatterooo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Kalinkinliaksandresq@firemail.de
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:06:42 -0700
Subject: Contract Beneficiary

Good day

I am Kalinkin Aliaksandr an attorney.

My client who I represent divulged to me that he is in a position of
authority as an executive director with Tuz Energy Company, to award
contracts and issue and endorse approvals for over invoiced contract
funds domiciled in their paying bank.

He is privy to over invoiced contracts amounting to hundreds of
millions of dollars. Based on this privy info, he is privileged to
assign this over invoiced funds to any individual or company that
applies as the contractor/beneficiary, with a good understanding that
when the funds are released to you, that both parties will share the
sum as agreed. If you agree to work with my client on this privileged
info, I will be needing your consent to present you or your company as
the beneficiary of one of the over invoiced contract funds of $127
million. But if your account which will be designated to receive the
fund cannot accommodate it all then we can allocate another contract
funds of $59 million dollars and the funds when approved can also be
paid in batches for a seamless transaction in order not to raise eyebrows.

Once you are in agreement, I will inform you in detail what is
required of you and how we are to achieve this within the confines of
the law as stipulated by my client.

The bank where the fund is lodged in deposit has issued Tuz Energy
company a notice to contact the beneficiary and also present a
contractual agreement and approval from their company to enable the
bank release and transfer the contractual entitlements to the approved
beneficiary.

The modalities for sharing the funds as suggested by my client which
is still subject to deliberation and agreement between the parties as
will be mutually decided is 60% for him and 40% for you.

All legal documents to back up your claim as beneficiary for
submission to the bank will be provided to you . All he requires is
your honest cooperation and participation to enable us to see this
transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

If this is agreeable with you, send a copy of your identification and
complete detailed address and telephone information for filing the
necessary paperwork for approval.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Sincerely
Kalinkin Aliaksandr Esq.

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