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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: Info <dm027999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jmj039@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:37:01 +0100
Subject: Next of Kin Notification

Hello,
I am Jorge Moses Attorney to Late Philips Sedgwick the Chief Executive
Officer of Medina Gold Mining Co. Ltd Accra Ghana, who made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at (Eighteen
Million United State Dollars) in a Bank.
Then upon maturity on November 21st 2018 as his Lawyer I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address at Box 14191 Accra
Central , Prestea, Ghana but got no reply. After a month, I sent a
reminder and finally I discovered that Mr. Philips Sedgwick  the CEO
of Medina Gold Mining Co. Ltd Ghana who died of Auto Crash in the City
of Accra 18th of March 2018 with his girl friend has no Next of Kin
even a wife.

Further investigations, and all attempts to trace his Next of Kin was
proved abortive/fruitless. Again, I made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Philips Sedgwick did not declare any Next of Kin
or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
documentation.

This Eighteen Million United States Dollars is still sitting in the
Bank and No one has ever come forward to claim it as his Relatives or
Next Of Kin. According to the International Banking ethics, codes and
Laws, at the expiration of 2(Two) years, the money will revert to the
Ownership of the Federal Reservation Account for Government use, if
nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, I want you to stand as the Next of Kin to Late Mr.
Philips Sedgwick and Apply for Onward Wire transfer of the Fund to
your Bank Account. This is simple, I will like you to respond
immediately with your full contact details so that we will prepare the
necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the
Next of Kin legally in Court. The money will be paid into your account
for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and 50% for you in the
course of the transaction.

There is no risk involve as all the paperwork for this project will be
done and process legally in court on your behalf and with my position
as his Lawyer, I guarantee the successful execution of the Wire
transfer to your account.

I am looking forward to hear from you.
Sincerely.

Jorge Moses

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