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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: Jamal Kareem <jamalkareem1981@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:14:38 +0000
Subject: I Will Be Waiting For Your Response.

Good Day From Mr.Jamal, I'm contacting you for a business deal,in my
department in the bank i discovered an abandoned sum of $9.6million
dollars that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died with his
entire family since July 22, 2003.The money has been here in our bank
lying dormant for years now without anybody coming for the claim of
it, i want you to stand in as the next of kin and nearest relative to
claim this fund in our bank, so that we move it into useful
investments.

I want the bank to transfer the money to you as the beneficiary and
the next of kin to our deceased customer.The banking laws here does
not allow such money to stay more than 22years,because the money will
be recalled to the bank treasury account as unclaimed fund, that is
why contacted you for a business deal where this money can be shared
between us in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you,by indicating
your interest i will send you the full details on how the transfer
will be executed.

My regards.

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