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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: Hassan Fatoumata <u7c12896@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 11:30:58 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT OF A GLOBAL SUM ABROAD

My name is Mr. Gilbert Jones and I am a staff of Diamond Bank Plc, here in
Benin Republic, West Africa attached to Investment Banking
Services, I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment
placed under our bank's management; as a matter of fact, it was roughly 11
years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this
mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity of the information
you come by as a result of this email

I contacted you independently and no one is informed of this communication;
I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to you and benefit the both of us. All I want is an honest
business transaction between us. First, I will start by introducing myself.
My full name is Mr. Gilbert Jones . I am a British citizen/Beninese because
I have a British Mother and a Beninese Father and I am currently working
with Diamond Bank. I have been working here for 21 years now, and I have a
good working record with my bank.

I am also the personal accountant to the account owner, a foreign
contractor who has a financial portfolio of 20,499,500 (Twenty
million, four hundred and ninety-nine thousand, five hundred United
States Dollars.) 10.5M USD in fixed and additional approx10.0M USD accrued
dividend with indefinite interest

My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position whereby an
instruction is given to officially release the deposit to you as the
business associate, and all etiquette shall be done in accordance
With the rule of banking law, I certainly can guarantee you that, by
the common law, the power of bequeathing is coequal with the first
rudiments of the law, and this power has been extended to all. There
is no ruling which prevents an inheritance from being so exhausted by
legacies as to render it unworthy of the heir's acceptance; basically all
persons of sound mind are competent to bequeath and devise real and
personal estate, excepting infants, with all this I would say we have the
clear advantage to carry out a smooth and perfect operation whereby the
paper work shall be coordinated in such a way that your status as a sole
beneficiary is confirmed. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to
share the money with you in half and no more; that is: I will simply
nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you;
afterwards we share the proceeds in two equal parts.

If we can be of one accord, I shall have the pleasure of meeting you,
after this task has been completed. The content of this mail should be
treated with utmost confidentiality and a quick response from you will be
highly appreciated. However, if you are not interested in this
proposal, please accept my apologies for sending you the message and kindly
delete the message, I promised that you will never hear from me.

I anticipate your cooperation.

Thanks for your time and do have a great day.

Warm Regards,
Gilbert Jones
Reply to gilbertjones2018@outlook.com

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