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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: "Dr.Patrick frank" <mrskatehelen6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drpatrickfrank75@naver.com
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:23:15 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT APPROVE FOUND

*Good day,*

*I know this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourselves before now. I just got this email during a normal routing search
on the net .*

*I am Dr.Patrick frank, the Director of affairs and corporate governance
committee in a bank here in my country.*

*I am writing this letter to ask for your assistance and co-operation to
carry out this transaction. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum
of (USD420, 000 000)Four Hundred and Twenty Million US Dollars In an
account that belong to one of our customer (MR MAXIMILIAN J. RAY) who died
along with the wife and children in a ghastly motor accident in November
2017. Since after his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come
over and claim his money as the heir because we cannot release any money
from the account unless someone applies for claims as the next of kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.*

*Unfortunately neither his family member nor distant relatives has applied
to claim the fund. Upon this discovery, I have decided to make business
with you and release the total amount to you via a security company.
Because according to the law of 1993 any account that has no valid claim
after a few years will be reverted to the government treasury, please note
that this information is very confidential.*

*I need your full cooperation because the management is ready to approve
the payment to anybody who has correct information of this account, which I
will give to you later if you are able to handle such an amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit.*

*With my position now in the office, I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that
this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for
sharing. I will destroy all documents of the transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no traces to any place.*

*I concluded to transfer this money overseas for proper investment that
will help me and my family.*

*At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% and 60% is for
me and my family.*

*Looking forward to hearing from you.*

*Thanks and God bless you..*
*Yours faithfully*
*Dr.Patrick frank*

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