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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: Stephen Hofman <hofmanstephen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 01:41:31 -0400
Subject: Important Message



--
Greetings,

I am a solicitor here in the United Kingdom. My late client Edmund
Miller
Sr., an American who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD here in London
died
with his family aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the
Atlantic Ocean on October 31st, 1999 For more information see
(news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and left no beneficiary
with respect to an account with total sum of 10 million that has not
been
operated on for the past 21 years as a result of his death.

I am seeking your co -operation to present you as the next of kin to the
account. Contact me so as to give you more details.

However, if this proposition offends your moral values, do accept my
apology, and ignore this mail.

Thanks and Please treat as confidential.

I await your urgent response.

Regards,
Barr. Stephen Hofman
Email:hofmanstephen@gmail.com

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