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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: Chris Jordan <chrisjodan01190@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 13:34:58 -0700
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL LETTER


Urgent And Confidential Letter



I hope this email finds you well and sounds appealing to your soul. I’m
Barrister Chris Jordan. First, I want to thank you for this opportunity to
share this proposal with you by email. I believe it is God's will to meet
you in this very short period. I am having an important and urgent
business discussion that I want to share with you, which I believe will
interest you as you will benefit from it. It is about your surname and
nationality.



I am writing to you about a man who is a citizen of your country. He owns
a real estate company here in my country West Africa Ghana. and also has
the largest shareholders in a financial institution. On February 2, 2015
this man had a private fixed deposit amount in a financial institution and
deposited the sum of. (USD $33,829,031.00 Thirty Three Million, Eight
Hundred And Twenty Nine Thousand, Thirty One United States dollars) into
the account for the purpose of establishing a car manufacturing company
There. in your country.



As a businessman and frequent/regular traveler, it was very unfortunate
that this man was among the dead victims of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in
February 2020. It is so complicated and unfortunate. He did not declare
the next of kin/heirs of the account deposit when the fixed deposit
agreement was made. He was a widower, his wife was late, they had no
children, and he mentioned no relatives as descendants. The financial
Institution management team still has no information about his death, I
knew about it because I was his personal Attorney



Information reached me last week. The Financial Institution Management had
a meeting for a bank verification exercise to flag dormant and private
deposit accounts. I knew this would happen, which is why I have been
looking for a way to handle the situation before the financial Institution
board of directors receives the news of his death. In such a case, if they
learn of his death, the fund will be declared undeclared and the money will
be required to be divided between them, which I cannot stop and do not want
that to happen. That's why when I saw your details, I was happy.



I request your cooperation in introducing you as the next of kin/heir of
the account as you have the same last name and same nationality. The
financial Institution headquarters will give you the account with my help
as the legal Attorney who represents the deceased. There is no risk, the
transaction will be executed under a legitimate agreement that will protect
you from any violation of the law. It is better that we demand the money
than let the Institution Directors divide it among themselves. I am not a
greedy person, so I am suggesting that we split the funds 50/50 for you and
me respectively. I hope the split is fair and my share of the money will
help me start my new investment plan. Let me know what you think about it
and please treat this information as confidential. I will give you more
details as soon as I receive your urgent reply through my private email
address below.


( chrisjordan@barristersssociates.com )


I wait to hear from you urgently.

Remain blessed,
Chris Jordan Esq
Attorney/Lawyer.
Tel.: +233508808588

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