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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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Fraud email example:

From: TERRAN OLIVERIOCE <anitawil@tesco.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:28:16 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Business Collaboration Request






















I am a bank manager in a bank here in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am contacting you of a business transaction, of a huge sum of money from a deceased account


PROPOSITION:


Egypt Air Flight 990 (MS990/MSR990) was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport, United States to Cairo International Airport, Egypt, with a stopover at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. On 31 October 1999, the Boeing 767 operating the route crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, about 60 miles (97 km) south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, killing all 217 people on board.
I am the account officer of an American foreigner named Richard Burson who died in an air crash along with his wife (Lenor Burson) on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on Board.
You can confirm this from the website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm


Since his death, he has no next-of-kin alive to make claims for the money because him and his wife died in the same accident (May their soul rest in peace). The bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.


Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out by my lawyer for the funds of (US$165,000,000.00) to be released in your favor as the next of kin. Because after (17) seventeen years the money will be recalled back to the banks treasury as unclaimed bills in accordance with the new financial ACT which came into law since the 1st of June 2017. So it is on this note that I decided to seek for someone to stand as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of this fiscal year.


It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor. I shall compensate you with 30% on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while 60% shall be for me for personal investment purposes in your country, 10% will be for any expenses we might incur on the process of transferring the fund to your account and I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable by you,


Please endeavor to contact me immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. I need your strong assurance and confidentiality. Contact me through my personal Email addresses (terranoliverioce@webmail.co.za) as I await your confidential response.


Best Regard


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