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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: Nguyen Duc Vinh <contato@panificadoragava.com.br>
Reply-To: info@bigideasconsultants.com
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:26:11 -0300
Subject: Greetings to you.



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Good day!


My name is Mr. Nguyen Duc Vinh Chief Executive Officer & Director of
Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank. In my department, I
discovered an abandoned sum of US$115,308,000,813.00 (One Hundred And
Fifteen Million Three Hundred And Eight Thousand United States Dollars)
in an account that belonged to one of our foreign clients Late Mr.
Wilhelm Alexander from Zürich Switzerland, who died along with his wife,
in May 2016, in a road accident. Since we got the information about his
death, I have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and file a
claim as next of kin over his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our Security guidelines.



Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based
on this I decided to establish a cordial business relationship with you,
hence by contacting you. I want you to present you as the next of kin to
Late Mr. Wilhelm Alexander, so that the funds can be remitted into your
account. Moreover, I do not want the money to go into the government
account as unclaimed bills. The Security law and guidelines here
stipulates that any account abandoned or is dormant for a period of
years, is deemed closed and all money contained therein forfeited to the
government treasury account.



Now, it is being speculated that the above sum will be transferred into
the government account as an unclaimed fund on or before the end of this
financial quarter of 2022, when nobody comes forward to lay claims. The
reason for requesting your assistance is occasioned by the fact that the
deceased Mr. Wilhelm Alexander was a foreigner, and I have access to his
detailed data which we will hold as a weapon to present yourself as the
next of kin to the deceased estate/assets.



The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the money into your
account, shall be 50% to me and for the role you will be expected to
play in this deal, I have agreed to give you 50% of the total sum,
Therefore, you are expected to reply this letter indicating your
readiness and interest to participate in this business. After receiving
your reply, you will be communicated with the exact steps to take.



I expect your urgent response and I shall contact you for further
discussion on this matter, to enable us to conclude this transaction
urgently without any delay or hitch. Please treat this business proposal
as strictly confidential for security reasons considering my official
position in this bank.



I expect to hear from you urgently if you are interested:


Best Regards,
Mr. Nguyen Duc Vinh
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Vietnam Prosperity Joint-Stock Commercial Bank.

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