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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. Timothy Loh." <evisamed@kghospital.com>
Reply-To: <lohtimot72@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:20:10 -0800
Subject: Greetings..........please reply


My name is Timothy Loh LLP. I am a leading Hong Kong attorney specialize in=
corporate and litigation law private equity, hedge funds, investment funds=
, financial services, banking, and bankruptcy practices l am internationall=
y recognized.
It may surprise you to receive this letter from me, since there has been n=
o previous correspondence between us. I will also like to make it clear he=
re that l know that the internet has been grossly abused by criminal minded=
people making it difficult for people with genuine intention to correspond=
and exchange views without skepticism.
There is an unclaimed 1CPermanent Life Insurance Policy 1D held by our de=
ceased client.
The transaction pertains to an unclaimed 1CPayable-On-Death 1D (POD) savi=
ngs monetary deposit in the sum of Sixteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand U=
S Dollars ($16,900,000) with one of the prime global insurers. The policy h=
older was one of our clients. Her name is Lucia Bos=E8. who was a film act=
ress who died on March 23 of pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. . Since =
Her death no one has come forward for the claim and all our efforts to loca=
te his relatives have proved unsuccessful. The insurance company policy sti=
pulates that 1CInsured Permanent Policies" not claimed must be turned over=
to the abandoned property division of the state treasury after the deadlin=
e.
Therefore, I ask for your consent to be in partnership with me for the cla=
im of this policy benefit, If you permit me to add your name to the policy,=
all proceeds will be processed on your behalf. I wish to point out that I =
want 10% of this money to be shared among charity organizations while the r=
emaining 90% will be shared between us.
This is 100% risk free and 100% legal. I do have all necessary documentati=
on to expedite the process in a highly professional and confidential manner=
. I will provide all the relevant documents to substantiate your claim as t=
he beneficiary. This claim requires a high level of confidentiality and it =
may take up to Ten (10) business days, from the date of receipt of your con=
sent.
Your earliest response to this matter would be highly appreciated
Best Regards,
Timothy Loh.

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