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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: barrister.gerrybutler7373@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:10:59 +0000
Subject: God's Blessing To You.

God's Blessing To You.

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejuKYBkSHyGH20a_suRrjmCZSLILZiGTXnOVBOWZSObIkrFg/viewform?vc
I am an attorney of law and a personal attorney to Late Mr. Michael Harris
an American who was an Immigrant here in the UK and has an inheritance fund
amounting to $15.5million based here in the U.K, also referred to as my
client. On the 25th of July 2000, my client, his wife, and their two
Children died in a Boeing Air France Concorde plane crash bound for New
York. They were on their way to a world cruise. Prior to that accident and
since then, I have been trying to locate my Late client's extended
relatives and his next of kin but proved abortive because he did not make
any will prior to his death. I have contacted you initially to assist me in
repatriating this huge fund before it will automatically revert back to
her majesty's government treasury and be declared unclaimed. However,
the legal procedure to activate this takes about one months, of which there
are just about three weeks left.

The bank has recently issued me a notice to provide details of any of my
late clients next of kin within a short period of time, this thereby
triggers off the procedure of reverting the funds to her majesty's
government treasury account. My Late client's inheritance is valued at
fifteen million, five hundred thousand U.S dollars ($15.5m). Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating any relatives of my late client in the last
twenty two years; and with the bank indicating that they now wish to
shortly start the procedure of reversion of the funds to the state, I now
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so
that the proceeds of this amount can be paid to you. And then, you in turn
can send me my share of the money. The ratio for the sharing of the funds
will be fifty per cent (50%) to me, forty per cent (40%) to you, and ten
per cent (10%) for miscellaneous expenses that might arise. I have all the
necessary information that will be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation and confidentiality to enable us
to seal this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Trust me, as my late client attorney; this is a risk-free transaction.
Please get back to me if you are interested in assisting me to enable us to
discuss this matter further. Contact here for further information.
barrister_gerrybutler7373@aol.com

Regards,

Barr. Gerry Butler.

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