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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: Mr Malik Baileys Cameron <drsergay121@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cameronbamalik@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 07:24:06 -0700
Subject: Hello: Are you interested?

Hello: Are you interested?

With utmost civility, I send you this letter to covet your
consciousness. My name is Malik Baileys Cameron, an American and a
Maоtre (Lawyer) currently practicing in Brussels, Belgium. I am a dual
citizen of the United States and the Kingdom of Belgium. I have in my
possession licenses to practice both in the United States and here in
Belgium, I have been in practice for a little over 2 decades.

I am contacting you with a stupendous and remunerative business
proposal which is absolutely 100% risk free. If I have been able to
get your unreserved attentiveness, kindly read through.

I had a client whom just as me was an American citizen but married to
a Ukrainian. He was a petrochemical engineering consultant and worked
with several multinational oil companies around Europe but most
recently with Fueland in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He was killed last year
during the attack by the Russian military in the first week of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine when multiple missiles were thrown into
the city. Before his untimely death, he had lost his wife 7 years ago
to an accident. They had no child/children together.

My late client left the sum of 5.2 Million Euros (USD 5.6 Million)
with a bank. As his personal lawyer, I am unaware of a known relative,
which makes it difficult for me to contact someone from his family
line in regards to this money.

Recently, I received a letter from the bank to bring forth a relative
of his to lay claims to the money, failure to do so may open on to
sequestration of the said money to the FPS (Government Treasury) which
I do not want such to happen.

I solicit your coaction while I present you to the bank as the only
surviving relative of my late client. I propose a sharing ratio of
60/40 upon the cessation of the business. The money goes into your
account while I travel down to get my own share of the deal.

Any known or unknown business risk? None. There's absolutely no risk
involved as I will be providing you with all the necessary paperwork
for the claim. I am a lawyer with over 20 years experience so I can
guarantee this deal risk free.

Are you interested? Kindly get back to me to confirm your interest and
I will give you more details.

Best Regards,
Malik Baileys Cameron

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