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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: "Mrs. Ursula Zachary " <info@pinkyp.precs.jp>
Reply-To: ursuladam@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:52:23 -0800
Subject: Reply Urgent Needed


My Dear Beneficiary,
I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have nev=
er met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you =
among the numerous internet users in the world. Precisely, I cannot say why=
I have chosen you but do not be worried for I saw your profile on the Inte=
rnet, which has made me accomplish my request. May the almighty God bless a=
nd see you through with this mission if you can carefully read and digest t=
he message below.
Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I a=
m Mother Ursula Zachary, 72 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Danon =
Zachary who died after a long illness on Monday the 7th of September 1998 G=
MT 14:22 UK.
After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now =
that I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life with my =
family and loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my bus=
iness life, but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the las=
t days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for to the less p=
rivilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family members=
and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive =
today to do this with me and I am very weak and old now, hence I have decid=
ed to do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband and I.
Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity =
homes and to some of the less privileged in different countries. Despite th=
e agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we a=
lso agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in li=
fe due to the fact when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous=
help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being able t=
o know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.
I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me be=
cause I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agre=
ed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of o=
ur last WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need =
you to do me a favor by accepting our offer that will cost you nothing.
I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of $5,800,000.00 United Sta=
tes Dollars with ING Bank N.V to transfer to you, what you have to do now i=
s to contact ING Bank N.V as soon as possible to know when they will transf=
er your money to you because of the expiring date.
I only made the deposit with your EMAIL ADDRESS and DEPOSIT CODE (20357478=
492) because I do not know your bank account number you would want to recei=
ve the money with. I couldn't find them on net while browsing your profile =
if not I would have given it to the BANK for immediate transfer.
For your information, I have paid for the Insurance Premium and Wire trans=
fer Fee of the cash showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor=
Terrorism in your Country.
Let me repeat again, you are not to pay for the Insurance Premium and the =
Wire transfer Fee of the Cheque because I have already paid for them, the o=
nly money you are expected to pay is $85 United States Dollars for the Acco=
unt Activation to enable the bank transfer the sum to your local account wi=
thout you paying any further charges for transfer. I would have paid the fe=
e but the bank insisted that I should not because they don't know when you =
will be contacting them and to avoid demurrage or further cost. Please my d=
ear if you know that you will not help me with the $85 United States Dollar=
s please do not contact me or the ING Bank, please i need some one that wil=
l help me.
You have to contact the Bank now for the transfer of the cheque with this =
information below;
Bank Name: ING Bank N.V
Contact Person: Dr. Kevin
Tel: +6282110769346
Email: kevin@ingbankuk.com
You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake in=
transfer.
Postal address;
Full Names:
Direct telephone number;
Below is the DEPOSIT CODE (20357478492) of the draft, you are to also pres=
ent it to them for verification before transfer.
Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to=
do is to invest wisely with it and do the same good to someone=2019s life =
someday as this is the only way this world would be a better community if w=
e render selfless services to one another.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Ursula Zachary

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