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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024893335 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- thisiskibygeorge@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?S2lieSBHZW9yZ2U=?= <kiby10010@walla.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:27:27 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?R3JlZXRpbmdzIHRvIHlvdS4gTmV4dCBvZiBLaW4=?=

Hi,
Greetings to you.

Next of Kin

Hi,
I am Kiby George, former manager with (Atlantic Bank Group Togo) presently the current Manager at a Branch with the HSBC Bank -UK. Truth is that i have never met you before in person but that's by the way.I need a reliable and an honest person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

A foreigner (LATE ENGR DONAK SAMU BLEON ) oil Merchant /contractor with some companies in TOGO, before his death some years ago in a ghastly author crash deposited with Atlantic Bank Group Togo a closing balance of USD$15.5M: which, I successfully moved the money in a security vault Safe Keeping with HSBC Bank -UK with instruction that it MUST be Delivered to the BENEFICIARY [YOU].

Furthermore I personally moved the money to HSBC Bank -UK when I was called to become the manager. However the bank expects the money to be claimed by the beneficiary as instructed. Though valuable efforts were been made to get in touch with any of late Engr’s relative or next of kin, though (he did not make any person known to me) or the Bank.

Now the board of directors is making arrangement for the fund to be declared “UNCLIAMABLE” and then subsequently becomes Bank’s money. In order to avert this negative development, that is why, I seek for your permission to PRESENT YOU as the through next of kin so that the fund, USD$15.5M, would subsequently paid into your bank account as the beneficiary next of kin.

All documents and proves to enable you get this fund have been carefully worked out and I am assuring you 100% risk free involvement. Your share would be 30% of the total amount. While the rest 60% would be for me which I can invest in your country and 10% for the expenses. Kindly get back to me immediately via e-mail (thisiskibygeorge@gmail.com) for relevant details.

Mr.Kiby George,
HSBC Bank -UK
TEL. +4470248933357

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