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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. Jacque Kwame" <jacquekwame2018@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:33:08 -0700
Subject: Mr. Jacque Kwame

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Greetings,

My name is Jacque Kwame I am a banker and the personal account manager
to one of our deceased customer who worked with an oil servicing
company here in Cote D’Ivoire (PETRO.IVOIRE), the deceased client
made a numbered time fixed deposit valued at US$ 18 .7 Million in our
bank branch office here before his demise.

Consequently, the account is without any registered next of kin and
has an open beneficiary mandate. I am therefore soliciting for your
assistance to come forward as

The Next of Kin since the depositor for the procuring of the
outstanding sum of US$ 18.7 Million which has been lying idle in a
trust account with our bank. The fund has overstayed and due for
recovery otherwise it will be covered by the bank as an unclaimed fund
and be returned to the government treasury vault for their usage.

If you are interested in executing this lucrative business with me,
please reply with the following information as it is below.


* Full name
* Age or Date of birth
* Occupation
* Address
* Telephone number

Upon receiving the above information, I will secure and submit to the
bank on your behalf, a letter of administration which will give you
the right to claim the funds for remittance to your designated bank
account.


I look forward to your urgent and positive response.

Regards,

Mr. Jacque Kwame

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