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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. John Hadra" <johnhadra003@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:21:37 +0000
Subject: Greetings to you,
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Greetings to you,
I will appreciate your response. Please do accept my apologies. I'm Mr.
John Hadra a banker with a well known bank in Africa. I do not wish to
invade your privacy. I had written an earlier email to you but without
response before i decided to send this one. In my first mail I mentioned to
you about one of our foreign late bank customer that has a dormant bank
account here in our bank amounting to$15.500.000 Million USA Dollars
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars).Since his death the
bank management set up a unit to search for his next of kin or any of his
relatives who can make claim to his fund without success because he did not
inform the bank who his next of kin is in case of death that is inevitable.
If we do not collect, it will be confiscated by the bank management as we
could not locate any of his relative.
Hence I contacted you for this claim to apply as his real beneficiary. I am
in need of your help as a foreigner to transfer $15.500.000 Million USA
Dollars (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars) into your
account. So that our bank approves your claim letter and transfer into your
bank account on our behalf. We can invest the fund into a lucrative
business in your Country or share these in percentages, 60% for me and 40%
for you. This can be amended depending on you the receiver of the transfer.
If you are satisfied with this proposal, kindly let me know ok. I waits
your response so that we can commence this project as soon as possible.
Kindly check your spam box if you did not receive this message in your
inbox due to network problem! I hope that you will not expose or ever
betray this trust and confident that is about to be repose in you for the
benefit of us and our both families.
Looking forward to your rapid reply!
Thanks and best regards,
Mr. John Hadra.
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