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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: "Mr Laurent. O David" <Mrlaurentdavid061@outlook.fr>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:52:41 +0000
Subject: Project Information


Hello.,

How are you and how is your family doing? I'm Laurent David, CEO, BNP Paribas. I would humbly request that you keep the contents of this message confidential and also respect the integrity of the information you may come across as a result of this communique. I'm contacting you privately, no one else is aware of this communique hence I am contacting you unofficially and then advocate we communicate strictly via our private emails. I was an account officer or a personal accountant to one of our bank's high reputable customers who once owned a reputable company here in Paris, and also one time the CEO of a company, and then he operated an investment account worth millions of euros in our bank.

Unfortunately, he died along with his nuclear families while on sabbatical in the summer of 2005 in northwest Venezuela. He died in intestacy (intestate), without a functional will. After his death my bank made several efforts to locate any member of his extended families via his consulates without success. Fleetingly, in line with our bank inheritance's claim(s) rules and regulate, as stipulated by the WBG I have been mandated by our bank board/committee as his personal accountant to declare the account without an inheritor, provide one or the bank will revert the funds back into our treasury as an unclaimed and abandoned monies otherwise the funds will be confiscated by the government (es-cheat). Like they say "drastic situations call for drastic measures" Hence I decided to contact you and then have you nominated/listed as the next of KIN to be awarded the abandoned estate of (US$ 23.7 millions dollars)

I went through your profile. You share the same family/surname with the subject matter before I decided to contact you. You will stand as his family representative of the deceased for the bank to release and award you the funds as his heir. This project will be executed legally, officially without breaking any law, and success is guaranteed with your total corporation. Please if you are interested, indicate so that I can give you all the necessary information and also some back up documents. Please I cannot be discussing this sensitive issue with people as such your cooperation is seriously needed. Please, treat this proposal with utmost confidentiality as I assure you it's 100% risk free. Please get back to me with your full Name and direct telephone number.


Thank You
Yours Sincerely,
Prof. Laurent David
CEO BNP Paribas Personal Finance.

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