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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: "Elena Novokreshchenova" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elenanovokreshchenova0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 15:10:39 -0700
Subject: /Business proposal

Hello Friend

How are you doing today? I will like to formally introduce myself to you, I am Elena Novokreshchenova an Independent Non-Executive Director at Clydesdale Bank PLC London, I am contact you concerning an abandoned sum of £22,500,000.00 Pounds. In June 2006, A customer named Withheld a foreign contractor with Royal Dutch Plc came to our bank for business discussions and investment, As the officer in charge of his transactions then, I encouraged him to consider various growth of funds with prime ratings. Then he invested Twenty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds based on my advice, We were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to £22.5 Million Pounds of which he reinvested again in January 2009. After few month, My bank (Clydesdale Bank) Sent Several notice to him without response, I was told that my client died in a car crash along with his nuclear family at Spain while on sabbatical in the summer of 2009, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will and several effor

It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no known or identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private banking sector will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statement of claim to Clydesdale Bank PLC failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of Clydesdale Bank PLC. This will result the money entering the Clydesdale Bank accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Ten {10} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.


Now, I am prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation of our deceased customer (withheld red his same last name as you,I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio 40/60. You will get 40% and I will be entitled to 60% as the initiator of the deal. You know that I must have done my home work already before contacting you. Although the project is Capital Intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal Channels with your assistance at your end. I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from United Kingdom to your country. Once more, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail and forget I ever contacted you, I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive; do not destroy my career. Opportunities like this only comes once in a li

If you give me positive signals please email on ( elenanovokreshchenova0@gmail.com ) I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you not contact me via official personels else I will deny knowing you and about this project. You can also check on my biography from this link as well https://www.cybg.com/about-us/board-of-directors/ you can also call our official line+44 7451273675 but do not talk about this transaction or I may deny knowing you, when you call? Ask of Dr Teresa Robson-Capps (Clydesdale Bank) and if I am on seat, then your call shall be transfer to me, what I will want you to do is to abolish the call before I talk because my official line are not secured means to reach me bearing in mind, the nature of this transaction, because they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management.

I await your kind response.

Elena Novokreshchenova

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