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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: "Mr. Mark Solomann" <rechnung@bau-suess.de>
Reply-To: mrmarksolomann@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 21:12:38 +0000
Subject: urgent response

Hello Friend,

I expect my letter to meet you in good health and in your finest mood
today. Please kindly forgive me for intruding into your privacy. Can
you be trusted in a financial business relationship that will be of
mutual benefit to both of us? I got your name and contact from the
International Business Information of your country with the hope that
you will be interested in what I am about to tell you.

I am Mr. Mark Solomann from North West London, here in England. I work
for UBS Bank, London. I am writing to you about a business proposal
that will be of immense benefit to both of us. As Head of Competence &
Supervision at UBS AG London Regional Office, I discovered an
abandoned sum of 22.3 Million Great British Pounds Sterling (Twenty
Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in
an account that belongs to one of our foreign deceased customers, a
billionaire Business Mogul Late Mr Moises Saba Masri, a Jew from
Mexico who was a victim of a helicopter crash January 2010 resulting
to his death and his family members. Saba was 47-years-old. Also in
the chopper at the time of the crash was his wife, their son Avraham
(Albert) and his daughter-in-law. The pilot was also dead.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature
of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the
transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been
waiting for any of the relatives to come up for the claim but nobody
has done that. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for 6 months now, I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of
this account are valued at 22.3 Million Pounds can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and
40% to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be
used to back up this claim we are making. All I need is to fill in
your names to the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove
you as the legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest
Cooperation, Confidentiality, and Trust to enable us to see this
transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.

Please, provide me with the following, as we have 7 days to run it
through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Your Occupation:
5. Your Nationality:
6. Your sex/Age:

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you
hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest will furnish
you with more information. Endeavour to let me know your decision
rather than keep me waiting.

Regards,

Mr. Mark Solomann
+44-752-061-8994

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