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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: "Alex McCann" <rimaco@rimacoindustries.com>
Reply-To: alexmcccan@insurer.com
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 01:04:58 +0530
Subject: Re:Message from Mr. Alex McCann




Good day,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated
as such. I am Alex McCann,a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney/sole executor to the late Mr Edward , hereinafter referred to as
my client' who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country and who
died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 4th of Oct,2015. Since
the death of my client in Oct,2015, I have written several letters to the
embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall
be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such
efforts have been to no avail.

More so,I have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a
likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line
with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited the sum of
US$17 Million (Seventeen million US Dollars).On this note i decided to
search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last
name, I decided to contact you, that I may,with your consent, present you
to the"trustee"bank as my late client's surviving family member so as to
enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of
my client. I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you bear a
similar last name with my client making it a lot easier for you to put up
a claim in that capacity.I propose that 50% of the net sum will accrue to
you at the conclusion of this deal in so far as I do not incur further
expenses.
Therefore, to facilitate the immediate transfer of this fund, you need,
first to contact me via Email and send me your phone number signifying your
interest and as soon as I obtain your confidence, I will immediately
appraise you with the complete details as well as send you the
documents,with which you are to proceed and i shall direct on how to put up
an
application to the bank.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or E-mail the next
step to take.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required
arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.Like I have
implied, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this.please reply via
email

Best regards,

Alex McCann



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