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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: "Henry Carlos Lennox (Investment Lawyer)" <lorribooker5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: payments@btcfundspayment.com
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 08:03:38 -0400
Subject: MOSSACK FONSECA Funds

Hello,

My name is Carlos Sousa Lennox, former Investment Lawyer, Sales and
Marketing at Mossack Fonseca Investment Corporation Panama with
branches in Zurich Switzerland, Florida and New York USA, London UK.

I am contacting you because of an investment fund USD$ 25.6 Million US
Dollars which has been due for payment.

During my work years at Mossack Fonseca, I supervised and personally
handled many of the Investment Corporation's numerous international
offshore and foreign secret investors who invested millions of Dollars
in secret investments through Mossack Fonseca Investments Corporation
in Petroleum, Real Estates, Holiday Resorts and Cruise, Stocks and
Forex Trading in the United States, South America, Europe, Africa and
Asia.

One of the foreign investors whom I personally supervised and
processed Her investment, have long died since 2015 in the Caribbean
Island of Martinique while on vacation but the invested fund of USD$
25.6 Million US Dollars (Twenty Five Million Six Hundred Thousand US
Dollars which was invested at an Annual Investment Returns On
Investment of 10% for 10 Years 2010 - 2020) has been due for payment
since 2020 but because the investor has passed on and all efforts to
trace and track Her immediate family have yielded nothing and
abortive. I want us to use your Registered Company (if any) or your
personal name to process and successfully claim the investment fund
which has been due for payment as the corporation has closed and all
funds are being paid out.

Because of certain legal issues, Mossack Fonseca Corporation has been
asked to close down. As a result, the Corporation has been asked to
ensure all funds investment through the Corporation are all paid to
the respective beneficiaries or their next of kin within a stipulated
period. The Corporation and their Bankers have designated about 25
Payment Centers globally including New York, London, Istanbul, Madrid,
Dubai and Johannesburg for the payments of these funds.

You can read more about the Corporation's closure via below links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers
https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/panama-papers-law-firm-mossack-fonseca-closes-doors/
https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/new-panama-papers-leak-reveals-mossack-fonsecas-chaotic-scramble/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/14/mossack-fonseca-shut-down-panama-papers

I have all the legal authentic investments documents with me, I need
you to partner with me while I present you to the Corporation and
their Bankers as the Sister Company to the deceased investor or as her
Next of Kin/Heir to the investment fund to enable you successfully
claim the fund as the receiver beneficiary entitled to the investment
fund while we split the funds between us.

I will also give you further details of the investments once I get your reply.

Your Urgent Reply Required.

Regards,

Henry C. Lennox
WhatsApp: +1 (404) 543 0107
SMS/Calls: +1 (404) 620 0309

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