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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: Kevin Roberts <kevinrobertskc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rk70373119@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:05:45 -0800
Subject:


My Dear, Good Day to you,

My name is MR. KEVIN ROBERTS, from United Kingdom, I am bosom friend to
late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, from West Bromwich United Kingdom. Mr. Lewis
Tonkinson was a co-founder of Pinnacle Marketing ommunications which has a
registered office in Caroline Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

Actually, Pilot Lewis Tonkinson and his wife Sally were flying home with
their son when their light aircraft smashed into woodland on 14 April 2016
and they die and left their six-year-old son.

Please Carefully, visit this webpage;

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3539055/Millionaire-died-alongside-wife-plane-crashed-saved-son-s-life-telling-brace-just-seconds-aircraft-plummeted-trees.html

Therefore, 1’ m contacting you to stand as one of the business associates
to my late client (late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson) because of his versatile in
numerous business partners globally as no one could questioned, as his only
survival son was affected by the Aircraft Mishap as he is amount the
children with down-syndrome, and UK Government takes care of him, since the
government keep hold of all his parents investments and many are will to
the charitable homes.

Furthermore, I will like to present you as the business partner to late
Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, so that we can receive his fund and contract balance
worth 3.8 million dollars (Three million eight hundred thousand United
States dollars) he left with a bank here in USA. I was his close friend
before he died, all my effort to get in contact with his relatives has been
futile as none of the family members or UK Government have any information
about this fund, and if we could not claim the fund, the bank account of
late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson will be confiscated and the fund transferred to
treasury account of the bank as unclaimed fund.

Lastly, due to the fact my two legs are paralyzed and I am not much active,
So, I want you to work with me to secure this fund for our mutual benefit;
All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee it will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Upon your
acceptance to this proposal, this transaction deserves utmost sincerity and
confidentiality till the fund gets transferred into your account. View
appendix for copy of my passport for your perusal.

I await your urgent response indicating your interest. View appendix for
copy of passport for your perusal.

Best Regards,

Mr. Roberts Kevin

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