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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: "Barr Malcolm Thomas" <barrjamesmacbeth@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barrthomasmalcolm009@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 01:23:47 -0700
Subject: Re....YOUR CONSENT IS URGENTLY NEEDED. BARR MALCOLM.


MALCOLM THOMAS {ESQ} MALCOLM $ ASSOSCIATES. 212 Great James Street. London,=
WC1N 3ES United Kingdom. Email:barrthomasmalcolm009@gmail.com ***YOUR CONS=
ENT IS URGENTLY NEEDED*** I am Barrister Malcolm Thomas, a British citizen =
who based in AFRICA, and the personal Attorney to your relation,a foreigner=
who used to work with AGIP PETROLEUM OIL COMPANY/ Road CONSTRUCTION (NAOC)=
.On Thursday 25th of December 2003, my client,his wife and their Child were=
involved in a plane crash in Benin Republic, in West Africa. Check the cnn=
website here for confirmation http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/b=
enin.crash/index.html All occupants of the plane unfortunately lost their l=
ives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate an=
y of my client=92s extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. A=
fter these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives =
over the Internet,to locate any member of his family but to no avail,I cont=
acted you,After going through your profile,I decided to contacted you to as=
sist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they got =
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank PLC,where these huge depo=
sits were lodged. I am the only person who has legal right to present the n=
ext of kin of my late client to the bank,because I have all the legal backi=
ng documents to prove my claim beyond reasonable doubt and you have the sam=
e surname with my late client to prove my claim beyond reasonable doubt.I w=
ant you to help me as the Next Of Kin to my late Client receive this money =
in your country,because I am planning to come over to your country with my =
Family to buy a house and invest rest of the money with you. I want us to i=
nvest the money jointly in your country as soon as it is release by the Ban=
k. The Finance House where the deceased had an account valued at about US$2=
.7Million Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have=
the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.Since I =
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one(1)month now, =
NOTE: I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased=
,because you have the same surname with my late client,so that the proceeds=
of this account valued at US$2.7Million Dollars can be paid to you and the=
n you and I can share the money; 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% should =
be for expenses or tax as your government may required. I have all necessar=
y legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make, all I =
require is your honest/unalloyed co-operation to enable us see this transac=
tion through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arr=
angement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law and I want =
you to receive the Fund,which will enable me and my family to come over to =
your country and buy a house to leave and invest the rest of the money wise=
ly. Please get in touch with me first by my secured and confidential email:=
barrthomasmalcolm009@gmail.com immediately you acknowledge the good receip=
t of this message. I will equally send my international passport and other =
necessary documents to assure you that this business is not a jamboree or J=
oke and will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect y=
ou and I from any breach of the law.I highly solicit your honesty and trust=
concerning this issue as all my hope relay on it for survival. Anticipatin=
g your prompt response Barr Thomas Malcolm {ESQ} Email: barrthomasmalcolm00=
9@gmail.com

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