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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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Fraud email example:

From: Valeria Hontareva <honvaleria944@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:27:09 +0800
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE NEED YOUR RESPONSE NEEDED


Manager of Bills and Foreign Exchange,
Bank JSC 'ALFA-BANK', Kharkov Branch.
Address: Hoholya St, 10, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, 61000
Private Email: rjazzmanbest14@gmail.com

Attn,
I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. In
December, 2002, an Atlanta physician, Mr. George Brumley Jr made a numbered
time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months valued at
$5,900,000.00(Five Million and Nine Hundred Thousand US dollars) at my
branch.

Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder. Eventually, we discovered
from his contract employer that Mr. George had died. Further investigations
conducted by me indicated that he neither left a WILL nor a contactable
next of kin or a relation in his entire official document, including his
bank deposit information with us.
You can confirm the genuineness of the deceased death by clicking on this
website: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

This amount is still available in my branch, and rolls over with interest
every year. Nobody has and will ever come forward to claim this money.
According to our Country’s Law, this money will be reverted to the
Ownership of the Government on the 30th of August hence it has met up with
the given time for such a ghost deposit, which in turn will end up in the
hands of some very corrupt and unscrupulous Government Officials.

Consequently, as manager of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance
Department of "Bank JSC" ALFA BANK UKRAINE, my proposal is that, I will
like you to stand in as his next of kin, so that this old man’s—´ fruit of
labor does not get into the hands of uncaring Government Officials. There
are legions of less privileged people all over the world for whom a meal is
like paradise. I feel that other than allowing this money to disappear, it
will be more useful and beneficial to give it out to charitable
Organizations.

I need your assistance to stand in as his next of kin and claim this money.
You will personally apply directly for the release of this fund while I
shall back you up with all the relevant documents concerned with the
deposit of the fund including the certificate of deposit.

Upon confirmation by the financial attorney of my bank, a letter of
administration or affidavit of oath will be issued within two (2) working
days. This letter or the affidavit will enable you to claim this money
which would then be transferred to you into a foreign account which you
will provide. I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be
shared among the charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% is shared
equally between us.

This proposition is entirely risk free. The financial attorney of my bank
would provide expert services after the submission of the deposit
certificate which I will provide while I will use my position in the bank
to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

If you are interested, please get back to me via this security email. I
will also need your private telephone and fax numbers»for confidentiality
and easy communication, so please do not fail to include them in your
return message.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be profitable for both of us. I will also require your
assistance towards investing my share in your Country.

I look forward to your anticipated cooperation.
Sincerely,
Dr.Rafal Juszczak.

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