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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 William Schwarz"<jw876528@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jw876529@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2021 14:21:35 -0700
Subject: My regards to the family.


Hello Friend, I know this may come to you as a surprise am making this cont=
act for our mutual benefit. My name is William Schwarz ESQ, a personal atto=
rney for one late Cilent of mine, who may be related to you (Name withheld =
for security reasons) who has no will or Next of Kin died. My company is lo=
oking for the next Relatives He died with his wife and only daughter. He le=
ft no wills or relatives. Since then have all of my multiple inquiries here=
to one of the extended relatives finding my client has been unsuccessful. =
Therefore I have myself determined to have his name on the public record Yo=
ur country to look for members of its extended family that's why I saw your=
name.Upon your decision of acceptance, the release of these funds in your =
favor as beneficiary will be processed within weeks. You would be entitled =
to 40% of this fund. If you are willing to work with me on this. I know you=
may not be biologically related to him but since you both have the same su=
rname, I ask you to Your consent to the deceased as your next of kin to be =
presented so that the proceeds of his account can be paid out to your Accou=
nt and we will split the proceeds and the remaining percentage that i care =
for motherless babies at home / charities want to give to the whole world. =
All I ask of you is Your honest cooperation so that we can handle this tran=
saction can. I guarantee you this transaction is under a Legitimate agreeme=
nt executed that you from breaking the law. Please note; what drives my int=
erest here is NOT GREED rather it would make no sense to allow this huge am=
ount of money to go to waste when we can take advantage of the situation, a=
nd honestly if we don't do this; it will still end up in private pockets of=
corrupt people in government. Contact address Mobile number Occupation Cop=
y of your ID. Once the details are in I'll go ahead and update you. Greetin=
gs, William Schwarz, Esq. LLB (Hons) Please Continue reading/////// There i=
s also an opportunity to make some more in Gold(AU)at the moment there is l=
arge quantity of gold awaiting a serious buyer, the terms and conditions is=
very attractive because no form of taxes, fees or levies needs to be paid =
by the buyer rather he/she (Buyer) shall only pay for the cost of transport=
ation and smelting of the commodity from Nuggets into Dore Bar as stipulate=
d by the export procedure. If you have a better deal please discontinue fro=
m contacting me as what I have layed down cannot be obtained anywhere.=20

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