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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. Peter Simons" <petersimonsc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 13:55:35 +1200
Subject: IT TOOK ME TIME TO LOCATE YOU

Greetings,

My Name is Mr. Peter Simons, I work as a private consultant
to Newton fund managers Company ltd, one of the World
Leading

Investment & Fund Management Institution.

I have an Investor under my portfolio Mr. Christian Gotze
from Munich,Germany with a closing balance of $12.6million
as his

last deposit. Mr. Christian Gotze died along with his entire
family in July 2000 in a plane crash.Below is a website
which I

will appreciate you going through to read the information.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to
enable my colleagues and I present you as the next-of-kin to
him for

safety and subsequent disbursement of this fund nobody has
come to our company for the claim of this fund .

If you are interested, I can present you as the INHERITOR
with proper documentation that will qualify you to have the
funds

claimed and on doing this, our establishment will not
question the release of the funds to you as I will make sure
that we

comply with the laid down rules and laws of claiming the
Investment of a deceased Investor in our
Establishment.Please

contact me for more details if interested.

Email :petersimonsc@gmail.com

Sincerely
MR. Peter Simons

Greetings,

My Name is Mr. Peter Simons, I work as a private consultant
to Newton fund managers Company ltd, one of the World
Leading

Investment & Fund Management Institution.

I have an Investor under my portfolio Mr. Christian Gotze
from Munich,Germany with a closing balance of $12.6million
as his

last deposit. Mr. Christian Gotze died along with his entire
family in July 2000 in a plane crash.Below is a website
which I

will appreciate you going through to read the information.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to
enable my colleagues and I present you as the next-of-kin to
him for

safety and subsequent disbursement of this fund nobody has
come to our company for the claim of this fund .

If you are interested, I can present you as the INHERITOR
with proper documentation that will qualify you to have the
funds

claimed and on doing this, our establishment will not
question the release of the funds to you as I will make sure
that we

comply with the laid down rules and laws of claiming the
Investment of a deceased Investor in our
Establishment.Please

contact me for more details if interested.

Email :petersimonsc@gmail.com

Sincerely
MR. Peter Simons

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