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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: "Michael A. Jones" <jones.michaela@yandex.com>
Reply-To: jonesmichaela26@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 06:33:27 -0400
Subject: HELLO, THIS IS FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION.

Hello,

THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I am a Certified Public Accountant officer in my Bank so also account
manager to a deceased customer who was a contractor with a prominent
oil company here in Louisiana . On the 21st of April 2010, our
customer, his wife and their two children were involved in car-crash.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then,the Board of Directors of my Bank (ORIGIN BANK) have made
several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of the deceased
customer's extended relations but to no avail. Hence the need to
contact you since you share the same family name with him.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and Property
left behind by this deceased customer before they get Confiscated or
declared unclaimed by the bank where this Huge deposits of US$10M was
lodged.

I look forward to hear from you for further details.

Best regards,

Michael A. Jones
Certified Public Accountant

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