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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. DAVID MCKAY" <mrdavidmckayi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:04:34 +0100
Subject: Please treat as urgent !! Next of Kin !!

Hello Dear ,

My name is MR. DAVID MCKAY , I work as a financial Attorney with a
private consulting firm and one of the World Leading Investment & Fund
Management Institution.

I had a prime customer cum depositor under my portfolio Late Mr. Andreas
Schranner from Germany with a closing balance of $32.million as his last
deposit . Late Mr. Andreas Schranner died along with his entire family in
July 2000 in Concorde airplane crash ,below is a website link which I will
appreciate you see read the information there yourself.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to enable my
colleagues and I present you as the next-of-kin to him for safety and
subsequent disbursement of this fund , fact remains that till date nobody
has come to our company for the claim of this fund .

If you are interested, I can present you as the INHERITOR with proper
documentation that will qualify and enable you to have the funds claimed
and on doing this, our establishment will not question the release of the
funds to you as I will make sure that we comply with the laid down rules
and laws of claiming the left behind funds of deceased depositors in our
Establishment.Please contact me for more details if interested , we will
also discuss a fair sharing fomular to make all parties involve happy .


Sincerely

MR. DAVID MCKAY

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