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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 Stephen Hyatt" <info@okplay.in>
Reply-To: stephenhyatt41@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:30:51 -0300
Subject: To whom it may concern




Dear Friend,


This mail may come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to patiently
read through it before making a decision whether to assist me or not as i
urgently need a partner on this matter. I am Mr. Stephen Hyatt, I'm a
banker and i work with Al Rayan International Bank PLC in United Kingdom.

I am the personal Account Relation officer to Late Engr. Dean who recently
lost his life in a plan crash along with his entire family, a national of
your country, who is an Oil consultant/contractor with an offshore UK
Mining Corporation, he made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for Twelve
Calendar months, valued at US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million US dollars)
in my branch here in UK. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address but got no reply.

It came to me as a surperise on 4th August 2018, when i heard the heart
breaking news that my Client, his wife and their two children were
involved in a plane crashed in a Swiss forest. All occupants of the plane
unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries
to the embassy to locate any of his extended relatives all to no avail,
this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts to locate any member of his family, hence, I contacted you. The
following websites updates can be referenced to this unfortunate death of
my late client via plane crash:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-crash/family-of-four-killed-in-small-plane-crash-in-swiss-forest-idUSKBN1KP0H9

I am contacting you to please consider assisting me on my proposal in
claiming the money as the eligible and only surviving relative by
presenting your name as the next of kin before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by my bank where this huge deposit were lodged.
Particularly, The investigation Department of my bank where the deceased
had an account valued US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million US dollars) have
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next ten
official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for a while now,
it will be very difficult for anyone else to approach the bank as the next
of kin because the name registered on the account belonging to him was
also involved on that crash and they all passed away. So therefore i am
seizing this opportunity to seek your assistance and to present you as the
next of kin to the deceased, so that the valued sum can be paid to you
upon verification and then you and I can share the money 50% to you and
50% to me. I have all vita documents that can be used to back up your
claims, all information that the bank may require from you will also be
made available to you any moment it is required.

Currently as we speak this money is still laying in at our Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
month. No one will ever come forward to claim it. And according to our
financial Monetory Laws that governs the banking system, at the expiration
of the fixed date of deposit, the money will revert to the ownership of
the Government if nobody applies as the next of kin to claim the fund in a
case where the depositor dies.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. There is no
risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the
bank accredited attorney and my position as personal Account Relation
officer to Late Engr. Dean guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction. lf you are interested in giving the required assistance,
kindly reply this mail stating your Reachable Telephone number and contact
address for more effective communication and further actions. for
confidential purposes surrounding the nature of this transaction, l
suggest that you reply to my alternate email on: stephenhyatt41@yahoo.com

I am looking forward to a favorable reply from you soon. Feel free to ask
any question in this regard.

Thank you,
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Stephen Hyatt.

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