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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 patrick chukwubiko <giancarlo.giorgio@tim.it>
Reply-To: proffpat@gmx.fr
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:30:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE MY MAIL

Attention: Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr patrick chukwubiko, the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of
Access Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with
account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American
by Citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which
crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.
Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come
to claim his funds of US$25.5M (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this
note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as
no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not
allow such money to stay more than Thirteen Years, because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making a
research on a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity. For your
assistant i will give you 35% of the total amount then 5% has been mapped out
to donate to the motherless baby home, while the remaining 60% will be for me
and my partner. Upon the receipt of your response, I will a letter of
application which you will type sign and send back to our bank to enable us
start this transaction.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and
easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be
completed within five banking days of receiving your response, after you apply
to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter, kindly
send me an e-mail to proffpatrick@yahoo.com signifying your decision including
your full name and private Telephone number for quick communication.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr patrick chukwubiko
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Access Bank Plc.

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