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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: Eric Charpentier <ericcharpentier177@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ericcharpentier170@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 04:18:47 -0700
Subject: Attn: Sir/Madam,


Date: 07/09/2021

Attn: Sir/Madam,

I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do
not be a surprise proposal to you.

Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to
disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

I am Eric Charpentier, The Account / Audit Manager of our bank and i have
had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum
of THIRTY THREE MILLION POUNDS STERLING(GBP33,000,000.00) for our success.

This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customer
who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster few
years ago.

Meanwhile i was very fortunate to came across the deceased file when i was
arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit
to the entire bank management for an official redocumentation and audit of
the year.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations
which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the
period of 4 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the
money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund.

As an honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the
rules guideing our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a UK
citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund despite your
differences from the country of origin of the deceased.

So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim
and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the
NEXT OF KIN to the deceased.

PERCENTAGE RATIO: note that 35% being (£11,55,000.00) will be your share in
respect of your assistance and account provide for the tranfer, 55%
(£18,150,000.00) will be my share being the pioneer of the business while
the rest 10% (£3,000,000.00) will be used to install a joint company in
your country which will bear our name in particular and whatever profit
made out from this company will be used in helping the less privileges,
motherless babies home and charity organization in the world.

If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and
confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not
change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into
your account.

Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of the success
as an insider in the bank and i have every documents that will guild and
protect this transaction legally.

Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax
numbers necessary for effective and easy communication in this transaction.

I expect your urgent response.

Yours sincerely.
Eric Charpentier

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