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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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Fraud email example:

From: amer16784@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2020 06:41:26 +0000
Subject: Did You Receive My Previous Email Message?

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3qYSHMXIlmypwXVoAbGZ1_brLe9ypFbIgVumghXkIjCfDKg/viewform?vc
Hello,


I know this letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is
only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners,
However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such, please accept my apology in advance if you feel offended
by this Letter.


I have an urgent and lucrative business transaction that will Profit both
of us after completion. So I want you to patiently read through this email
and get back to me My Name is Jimmy Ng, a Banker by profession, I work with
Development Bank of Singapore (DBS). In January 2015,an American oil
Consultant/Contractor made a numbered-time (fixed deposit) for twenty four
calendar months

valued at ($25.150 M) TWENTY FIVE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
UNITED STATED DOLLARS Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification of
Account status to his forwarding address but got no reply up till date.
After two months, we sent a reminder of same letter, and finally we
discovered from his contact employers, (Halliburton Oil Services Company)
that he died in PIA aircraft. An ATR-42 on December 2016.

This office has exhaustively made efforts to locate the next of
kin/beneficiary, or any relative of our deceased customer, all to no avail
and not successful.

I have contacted you to assist me in securing this money before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by this bank. The banking law and
guidelines here stipulates that if such an account remains dormant or
non-operational after a period of Five (5) years, the money will be
transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed bill. However, attempts have
been made twice by the Government

Agency concerned to confiscate this account if not for my intervention as
the head account and audit dept. I have always told them that the next of
kin has been in touch with us.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and you sharing the same last
name with Him will give us an express ticket to
access this funds.

I can be contact via my Private E-mail: ngj6832@gmail.com


Best regards,
Jimmy Ng


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