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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: ANDREW CECERE <fundspaymentdept@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:59:23 +0100
Subject: BENEFICIARY INHERITTANCE FUND PAYMENT

Greetings!!

I anticipate that you read this mail properly and let me know your
opinion and willingness to this classified information that i brought
to you. My name is Mr. Andrew Cecere, the Chairman & CEO of
U.S.Bancorp. I am the director in-charge of the Auditing and
Accounting section. During our last bank audits and routine-check, we
discovered an abandoned account belonging to a deceased foreign
client, named Mr. Wang Jian, a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the HNA
Group, a Chinese Conglomerate with significant Real Estate Ownerships
across the U.S. He died on a fatal accident while on a business trip
in France. Uptil date no one has ever come to make claim of the
abandoned funds. We had carried out several investigation on his
account profile, and noticed that there was no registered next-of-kin
linked to his account that was dormant over the years. Kindly visit
this link for your perusal...
https://observer.com/2018/07/wang-jian-hna-founder-dies-tragic-fall/

In the course of my searching for a capable and reliable partner to
champion this business opportunity, i came across your contact, and
the reason why i contacted you here and revealed this to you, is to
request your assistance to transfer the sum of US$9.2Million to you,
my lawyer will recommend you as the last business partner to the late
client, so that you can make full claim of this funds as the
beneficiary. Meanwhile, before i contacted you, several efforts were
made to find his extended family through their embassy, but to no
avail. My lawyer will contact the bank and present you as Mr. Wang
Jian's last foreign business partner and next-of-kin. I have mapped
out strategies and modalities to invest this funds in a good
charitable Foundation, as soon as i join you in your country for
sharing of the percentage. I plan to establish and donate part of this
funds to orphanage home to support the orphanage children, and to
build a hospital to help the less-privileged. I took this decision
upon, because i don't want this fund to be transferred to government
treasury/account as an unclaimed funds. I'm offering 40% for your kind
support and assistance upon receipt of this funds. I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of law here or in your country. All i require from
you, is your trust, honest and confidence, as i believe i can trust
you with guarantee that you won't betray me for any reason after
receiving this funds. As a top official, i cannot directly be
connected to this transaction, therefore, that is the reason why i
contacted you for us to work together in agreement, so that you can
assist to receive this funds, so that we can establish a
joint-partnership charity project. All the legal documents to back up
your claim will be provided by my lawyer, he will guide you with
further details on how to receive this funds. If you are interested in
this transaction, i advised you contact me back, so so to give you a
comprehensive details on how to proceed.

Warm regards,
Mr. Andrew Cecere
Chairman, President & CEO/

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