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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: mrs Habbib Abdul <mrshabbibabdul@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:44:31 +0100
Subject: Divine Investment Opportunity For You.

Divine Investment Opportunity For You.

Dear Sir,

My name is Chris Chessell, Head of Audit and Accounts Management
Section of a well-known Bank here in London, United Kingdom. One of
our accounts with a holding balance of £27,500,000 (Twenty Seven
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) has been dormant
for some years, the owner died along with his entire family in the
earthquake tsunami that occurred in Indonesia 26 December of 2004
without a (heir) and Several efforts made to find his extended family
through their embassy proved abortive.

According to the Government Law here, at the expiration of 7 years the
fund will revert to the ownership of the Uk Government, if nobody
applies to claim the fund.

My proposal to you is to present you to the bank as the Next of Kin to
my late customer; hence you share Same Last Name, so that the bank
will pay this £27.5 Million pounds to you as his beneficiary so that
we can share the amount on a mutual agreement percentage of 60% for me
and colleagues in the bank and 40% for you.

All legal documents to back up your claim will be provided by me. All
I require is your honest cooperation to enable us to see this
transaction through. I will also guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate banking arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law here or in your country.

If you are interested, kindly do contact me so that I can give you
comprehensive details on how to proceed.

I will indulge you at this point to understand that this is a
privileged information and must be strictly confidential.

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated. reply to:-
chris.chessell@yahoo.com

Regards.

Mr. Chris Chessell

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