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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: keithijhanh@gmail.com
Date: 14 Sep 2021 10:05:12 +0200
Subject: From Ms Keith

Dear it is very confidential, regarding the death of our late customer ( Mrs.Carcia Jonathan )  but before going further I will love to introduce myself to you first I am Ms. Keith hjelmstad. The branch manager of HSBC bank İstanbulturkey however i am hereby using this opportunity to give you more explanation on this issue. Our Bank Management has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of our late customer for the past years now.

So i decided to contact you as you are the same last name with our late customer so that the bank will release her estate funds to you because according to our Probate law and constitution, a NEXT OF KIN DOES NOT NECESSARY MEAN BLOOD BIOLOGICALLY RELATED or RELATION Here in turkey, a next of kin goes further to mean a friend, a loved one, a most trusted person or a close confidential. So by our own law and definition of the meaning of NEXT OF KIN, YOU ARE PERFECTLY IN A POSITION TO REPRESENT AS NEXT OF KIN TO MY DECEASED CUSTOMER therefore you have nothing to worry about as there is no trespassing on your part.

I do not want the bank to confiscate this fund, you know this is always an opportunity for top bank officials to enrich themselves by sharing such an unclaimed fund. As the situation stands I have monitored closely with my position here as the (Manager of this Bank) and l has finally removed her file to my private vault.

I am the Bank Manager to our late customer Mrs.Carcia Jonathan, I have worked with her for several years, I cannot sit down and watch the bank official frozen and share her fund among themselves, For your information this transaction is legitimate and in essence it will undergo normal procedures as stipulated in the financial and allied matters act and all legal documents will be issued on your name. Please feel free to contact me back because I am going to provide you with every legal information concerning this transaction. Unfortunately, they lost their lives in an August 23, 2011 car crash. Our Late customer has an account with our bank, totaling a sum of US$2.5Million, which she inherited from her late husband who was an industrialist before his death.

And Ever since then the bank has not had anyone that comes for the claim of this fund as either her relation or as a friend. I will be very glad if you can come down to my country to enable me to take you to Our bank where Late deposited the fund, So you can witness everything with your eyes, let me hear from you and tell me if you can come or not, so we know what to do next.

I am quite aware of the procedures this will take and I will advise you appropriately on the way forward and guide you on how to applied to our bank for the claim, but before that I will like to be reassured of the manner of person whom I am dealing with because (2.5Million US Dollars) is not a little money, therefore I have to get certain necessary facts about you before we proceed.

Contact me with my private email keithijhanh@gmail.com

Regards

Mrs. Keith hjelmstad

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