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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: "Mr. Adin Joe" <adinjoe042@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 05:36:50 -0700
Subject: HERE IS MY OFFER

Hello,

I decided to write you this proposal in good faith, believing that you
will not betray me. I'm Adin Joe, a Bank officer here in
United Kingdom with International Standard Bank, and presently I am the
Chief Executive Officer, International Standard Bank. You will read more
about the bank on this our bank website;

http://www.intlsb.info

One Mr. Adin Joe, a citizen of your country and Crude Oil dealer made a
fixed deposit with our bank in 2005 for 180 calendar months,valued at
25,700,000.00 pounds (Twenty Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand
Pounds),the due date for this deposit contract was last 22nd of January
2020.Sadly John was among the death victims in the May 26 2006 Earthquake
disaster in Jawa, Indonesia that killed over 5,000 people.He was in
Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his untimely end. Our
bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because he
was my friend and I was his Account Officer.
Adin did not mention any Next of Kin/ Heir when the account was opened.Last
week our Bank Management requested that Adin should give instructions on
what to do about his funds, if to renew the contract or not.

I know this will happen and that is why I am looking for a means to handle
the situation, because if Bank Directors happen to know that Adin is dead
and do not have any Heir, they will take the funds for their personal use,
so I don't want such to happen. That is why I am seeking your cooperation
to present you as the Next of Kin/ Heir to the account, since Mr. Adin is
from your country and my bank headquarters will release the account to you.
There is no risk involved; the transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect us
from any breach of law. It is better that we claim the money, than allowing
the Bank Directors to take it, they are rich already. I am not a greedy
person, so I am suggesting we share the funds in this ratio, 50/50%, equal
sharing. Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information
highly confidential. We shall go over the details once I receive your
urgent response.


Anticipating your communication.

Regards,
Adin Joe.

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