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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. ROBERT PATRICK SOROKA" <msoroksoroka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:31:02 -0700
Subject: FROM: ROBERT PATRICK SOROKA..

Good Day to you,

My name is MR. ROBERT PATRICK SOROKA, I am a citizen of the United
States, I was bosom friend to late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, from West
Bromwich United Kingdom. Mr. Lewis Tonkinson was a co-founder of
Pinnacle Marketing communications 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-6872277/Family-millionaire-couple-killed-plane-crash-sue-makers-3million.html

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, I’m contacting you to stand as one of the business
associates to late client (late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson) because of his
versatile in numerous business partnership globally as no one could
questioned, because, his only survival son was affected by the
Aircraft Mishap, was kept among the children with down-syndrome, late
was also announced dead, and UK Government takes control of his other
investments and many was willed to the charitable homes in UK.

Furthermore, I will like to present you to the bank as one of the
business partner’s to late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, so that we can
receive his funds 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 his death, 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 funds, and if
we could not claim the fund, the bank will block the account of late
Pilot Lewis Tonkinson and the fund transferred to treasury account of
the bank as unclaimed/abandoned funds,

Madam, read below to know my reasons to have this funds for medical
and investment in your country.

Lastly, due to the fact my two legs are paralyzed and I am not very
active, So, I want you to work with me to secure this fund for our
mutual benefit; All what is required from you is your honest
co-operation to enable us to see this transaction through. I guarantee
it will be executed under a 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. ROBERT PATRICK SOROKA,

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