419 scam: Attn, I HAVE ALL LEGAL PROOF

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: accountantndiaye@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 02:49:07 +0100
Subject: Attn, I HAVE ALL LEGAL PROOF

Confidential,

I am an employee of Foreign Commercial Bank linked to Private Banking services. I am the personal accountant for her business colleague Maria Jong who died along with her entire family in a car accident during a business trip to Dakar, Senegal in 2007. She the subject; ref: bb / tsb / bank / 73 came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our Private Banking Services Department.

Following my further investigation, I discovered that Ms. Maria died with her relatives and according to the law and the constitutions guiding this banking institution have stated that after the expiration of (10) years, if no body or person comes to the claim as the next of kin, the fund will be channeled into the national treasury as unclaimed fund, Because of the static of this transaction I want you to stand as the next of kin and Beneficiary, so that our bank can grant you there cognition and validate you as the next of kin and has the transfer of the funds ainto your account after following the little due process, The total sum of $2,570,000 is the funds to be claim.

NOTE: IF YOU AGREE WITH IN THIS CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL YOU SHOULD GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIVING THESE MESSAGE WITHOUT MUCH DELAY.

Greetings,
Best regards,
Miss Barry Ndiaye

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