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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: "Dr. Bob Othman Jr." <mohasalehinc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: privatebag35@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:48:01 +0100
Subject: ANTICIPATING YOUR RESPONSE.


Dear Friend,

I got your reliable contact from your country’s Chamber of Commerce
Directory and further explicit investment information about your country. I
am Bob Othman Jr, A retired Financial Consultant.

I had a client but because of his extended royal family history, which were
disseminated by the international media after their trial for financial
mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 Billion Dollars of which their
private companies were later confiscated and dissolved by then sultanate of
Brunei including many business documents that were destroyed and of which I
was the company's International Financial Consultant.

Furthermore during this unfortunate period my office managed to dispatch
the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars
(US$250,000,000.00) in cash under special arrangement into the custody of
an Investment Bank here in United Kingdom with the company Name and the
deposits are still valid till date.

Hence I seek your good assistance to partner with me so that we can
retrieve the funds and invest it into any profitable venture in your
country for our mutual benefit because based on my present predicament; I
do not have the capabilities to handle the transactions alone. All you need
to do is to contact the Bank where my office deposited the Money as my
Representative/Partner in business and request the firm to transfer the
funds to your Nominated Bank Account for further investment in your country.

Please I count on your absolute Confidentiality, Transparency and Trust
while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of
this business transaction.

Sincerely,
Bob Othman Jr



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