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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 Ronald Jackson." <accounting@alessam.com>
Reply-To: jacksonronaldson@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 09:18:38 -0500
Subject: Re: Please Read And Reply Urgently,


Good Day,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is byvirtue
of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end of the day.

I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction of
this nature.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. I am Mr Ronald
Jackson, an accountant with the First Capital Bank London. I came to know
of you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle
this confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

THE PROPOSITION: A foreigner, Engineer Andre, is an Oil
Merchant/Contractor until his death three years ago in a ghastly air
crash, banked with us here at First Capital Bank London and had a balance
of USD$12.5m (Twelve Million, Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars)
which the bank now unquestionably expects it to be claimed by any available
Foreign next-of-kin of the late beneficiary or alternatively be donated to
a discredited trust fund for arms and ammunition. Fervent valuable efforts
are being made by the Bank to get in touch with any of the Andre's family
or relatives but proved abortive.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of late Engr Martin Andre next-of-kin (he had no wife and children) that
the management under the influence of our Chairman and member of the board
of directors that an arrangement be made for the funds to be declared
UNCLAIMABLE and subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and
Ammunition to further enhance the course of war around the arab nations and
the world in general in order to avert this negative development, some of
my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of-kin to late engr. Martin Andre so that the funds USD$12.5m would
be released and paid into your bank account as the beneficiarys
next-of-kin. All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund will be
carefully worked out and more so we are assuring you of a 100% risk free
involvement. Your share stays while the rest would be for myself and my
colleagues for investment purposes in your country.

We have agreed that, the funds will be shared thus, after it has been
transferred into your account.
1. 40% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
funds.
2. 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any
incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the transfer.
3. 50% to us the originators of this transaction.

If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage
of the trust we hope to bestow on you and your company, then kindly get me
immediately via my Direct e-mail furnishing me with your most confidential
telephone, fax number and exclusive bank particulars so that I can use
these information to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the
funds in your favour.

KINDLY SEND ME YOUR RESPONSE TO MY OTHER MAIL BOX.
Yours faithfully,

Mr Ronald Jackson.




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