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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "m.joshua66@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348186440185

Fraud email example:

From: "sales" <sales@americanturbocharger.onmicrosoft.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 05:56:19 -0500
Subject: Legal Notice

Do not re-ply.

Following the gazette by The Chancellor of the Exchequer to all financial institutions with National Savings and Investments to estimate the value of its unclaimed assets in savings with no customer activity for the last ten years with a view to harness around 1BN Dollars lying dormant in the FCMB Bank plc and building society accounts for re-investment in the ABUJA, We have been commissioned by the NCC to seek out legal heirs to unclaimed asset as a means to ensure that genuine claims are not reverted to the government treasury and to maintain public confidence in the safety and security of the banking system.

According to our records, your name has been listed as a beneficiary of $18,000,000.00 USD. You’re Benefactor, Mr. Kenneth, who died in November 2004, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Financial assets are considered unclaimed when contact with an owner or beneficiary/legatee is lost for an extended period or unaware of the secret trust held for him by the trustee. This often happens due to a name change after marriage or divorce, an unreported change name and address or expired postal forwarding order, incomplete, illegible records and result of computer and clerical errors.
When owners or their heirs fail to claim an asset over a specified number of years known as the dormancy period, those left holding the money: banks, stock brokers, utilities, employers, life insurance companies, probate offices and other - transfer custody to a special trust account in a process known as es-cheat.

We will provide legal assistance and claims administration through the Treasury Solicitor, Department of the Probate Registry for transfer of ownership of the Financial Asset to you as listed heir.

More Information will be provided on your acknowledgment of the receipt of this Legal Notice. Contact Agent Mr. Michael Joshua at:
m.joshua66@yandex.com, +234 8186440185.

Service Provider.
+41860742791976.
London.

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