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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: Lambert Tabou <lamberttabou@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 19:39:59 +0000
Subject: Your attention is needed,


Dear,
I am very happy to reach you today, first of all how are you with your family, hopefully all is well, I will formally introduce myself to you, My Name is Mr. Lambert Tabou, a banker. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and also respect the integrity of the information that you are coming across as a result of this mail. I contacted you privately and as such that no one is aware of this communication thus the reason why I had us communicate strictly via our private email. I am the personal accountant to a foreign contractor who works with Royal Dutch. He also has an investment account with our bank. Unfortunately, my client died along with his nuclear family in France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2008, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will. Several efforts were made to find his extended family through his embassy without success. I received a notice last week to provide the next of kin to the deceased been his personal accountant or the account risk been transferred to the government (es-cheat) in 14 days time. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the funds left behind by the deceased.

This claim will be executed without breaching any laws of the land and success is guaranteed if we co-operate on this. The bank will release the account to you because of my recommendation of you as the next of kin. The deceased client left a deposit of $12.4 Million with the bank before his demise. After going through your contact profiles. I discovered that you bear same surname/last name with the deceased in his files and his place of origin. If accepted to assist and workout this with me I will give you all the necessary information about this deal when I get your response. Your anticipate cooperation is hihly needed. Treat this proposal with utmost confidentially as i assure you with 100% success. and be rest assured that this transaction would be profitable for both of us. For more information get back to me through my private email contact address at (lamberttabob@yahoo.com) with your full name and telephone number.
PLEASE TREAT AS TOP SECRET.
Regards.
Mr. Lambert Tabou.
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