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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: Morve Roshan <nindya.s@ub.ac.id>
Reply-To: ddrhmin@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:08:08 +0100
Subject: (no subject)



--
Hello dear,
My name is Morve Roshan, a Bank Officer here in United Kingdom I believe
it
is a great opportunity for me to share this vital information to you
today,
which I know will interest you, as you are going to benefit enormously
from
it.

Late Mr. Ingvar Kamprad, a citizen of Sweden had a fixed deposit with my
bank in 2016 for 24 calendar months and the due date for this deposit
contract was 22nd of March 2018. Sadly Ingvar Kamprad died on Saturday
January 28, 2018 in Smaland, Sweden at the age of 91 years old.

My bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it
because
he was my friend and I am his account officer. Late Ingvar did not
mention
any Next of Kin when the account was opened, and nobody is aware of this
deposit till now. Last week my Bank Management requested that he should
give instructions on what to do about his funds, if to renew the
contract.
I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for means to
handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors happen to know that
he
had this deposit without any Heir, they will take the funds for their
personal use, I am now seeking your cooperation to present you as Next
of
Kin to that account, I will use my position to influence the process and
my
bank headquarters will release the account to you.

It is better we claim the money, than allowing the Bank Directors to
take
it, Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information
as
TOP SECRET for now. There is no risk involved; this transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any
breach of law since I am still in active service with the bank. I shall
send the details once I receive your urgent response in my private
email.
REPLY TO: ddrhmin@gmail.com

Morve Roshan

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