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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: Nelson Edem <nelsonedemm@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 17:41:55 +0000
Subject: From Mr.Nelson,I Wait Your Response

Greeting,I am a banker by profession,i work with Coris Bank
International.I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident,that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of
our both families .In my department i discovered sum of ($11.3)
million us dollars.I need your urgent assistance in transferring the
funds into your private bank account within 10 or 14 banking days.The
money has been here in our bank lying dormant for years now without
anybody coming for the claim of it.

I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to
our deceased customer,who died along with his supposed next of kin in
a plane crash since 16th October 2005.The banking laws here does not
allow such money to stay more than 20years,because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury account as unclaimed fund.This is the
reason why I am contacting you so that the bank can release the money
to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would
like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you
are not interested.

If this proposal is OK by you, I will send you the full details on how
the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of
the above mentioned sum and 50% for me.While the remaining 10% will go
for Orphanage, Less privileged and Widows. I am expecting your urgent
response as soon as you receive my message.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
Best regards,
Mr.Nelson

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