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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: "James O'tamori" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jotah3219@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 14:17:45 +0200
Subject: Request

Hello,
I am Mr. James O'tamori.
I have a business deal I want to introduce to you.
For the benefit of hindsight , I was former chief financial officer with Duncan Lawrie, A United Kingdom based Wealth Management and Fiduciary Agents.
Duncan Lawrie, after many years of business, has been liquidated and sold to rival wealth management consortium.
Until this moment, Duncan Lawrie still has unclaimed depositors' funds which have been turned over to investment financial institutions, financial settlement secured facilities and fiduciary agents to process, reconcile and pay to beneficiaries who come forward with prerequisite status and documentations of claim. This includes an unclaimed deposit of US$8,200,000.00 (Eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only. This has remained in the custody of the reconciliation agency. All efforts to find the would-be depositor has been unsuccessful.
In my capacity as cfo at Duncan Lawrie at the time, I have decided to process the unclaimed sum for our mutual benefit. This is the deal and the reason I have contacted you.
You shall be presented as next of kin/proxy.
I have all necessary prerequisite information to achieve this goal. What I need is your consent, trust, readiness and willingness to receive the funds.  I will provide you information on procedures to actualize this claim, release and transfer in your favor.
Kindly note that this is very confidential information and I will appreciate that you equally keep it absolutely confidential.
Please note, this shall be a risk-free transaction and shall not contravene any local or international law as it shall be done by direct swift transfer to your bank account upon approval.
All relevant documentations shall be processed and procured in your favor as beneficiary next of kin to support the claim in your favor.
I am willing and ready to share 60/40 with you. I deemed this an opportunity and it depends on your consent to continue this discussion with me.
If you agree to work with me, I shall email to you what we shall do to actualize this goal as soon as I hear from you.
Email: Your full names, address and telephone number.
Thank you very much as I await your response.
Sincerely,
James O'tamori.

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