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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: Kevin Roberts <bydayday864@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rk70373119@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:47:06 -0700
Subject:

*Attention Have a nice day, Sorry for invading your privacy, my name is MR.
KEVIN ROBERTS from, PlyMount, UK. I was a close friend of the late pilot
Lewis Tonkinson of West Bromwich, UK. Mr Lewis Tonkinson was the co-founder
of Pinnacle Marketing Communications, whose registered office is at
Caroline Street in the Jewelery Quarter. In fact, pilot Lewis Tonkinson and
his wife Sally were flying home with their son when their light plane
crashed into a forest on April 14, 2016, killing them and leaving behind
their six-year-old son. Please visit this web page carefully;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3539055/Millionaire-died-alongside-wife-plane-crashed-saved-son-s-life-telling-brace-just-seconds-aircraft-plummeted-
<https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3539055/Millionaire-died-alongside-wife-plane-crashed-saved-son-s-life-telling-brace-just-seconds-aircraft-plummeted->
trees.html I am therefore writing to you to act as one of the business
partners of my late client (the late pilot Lewis Tonkinson) as he had many
business partners all over the world and for these reasons no one will
doubt as his only surviving son was the crash victim was later declared
dead and the government retained all of Lewis Tonkinson's investments,
although many were given to charity. Additionally, I would like to
introduce you as the business partner of the late pilot Lewis Tonkinson so
that we can obtain his fund and contract balance of US$3.8 million (three
million eight hundred thousand US dollars) that he left in the bank here in
USA. . . I was his close friend until his death, all my attempts to contact
his relatives were in vain as no family member or UK government has any
information about this fund and unless we can claim this fund, bank
account. In due course, pilot Lewis Tonkinson would be confiscated and the
funds transferred to the bank's treasury account as an unclaimed fund.
Finally, since my two legs are paralyzed and I am inactive, I want you to
work with me to provide this fund for our mutual benefit; All I need from
you is your honest cooperation so that we can bring this deal to
completion. I guarantee that it will be carried out in accordance with a
legal agreement that will protect you from any violation of the law. Once
you agree to this offer, this transaction deserves the utmost sincerity and
confidentiality until the funds are transferred to your account. Please see
the attachment with a copy of my passport for your reference. I am awaiting
your urgent reply confirming your interest. Please review the application
along with a copy of your passport for reference. Best wishes, Mr. Kevin
Roberts *

*Reply via email rk70373119(@)gmail.com <rk70373119@gmail.com>*

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