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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: "vettamr@gmail.com" <vettamr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drjmppph@live.co.uk
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:46:47 -0500
Subject: Your official consent letter! please read!!

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Abeedel Haffiz and I am the regional manager of a bank
here in United Kingdom. I need your help to transfer a sum of
£7,500,000.00 BP, (Seven Million Five Hundred British Pounds Sterling)
into your account as my foreign partner. The fund is part of the
profits made by my bank past 4 years in the branch where I am the
manager. I have already submitted annual report for last year to my
bank headquarters in London - UK, and they did not notice the excess
profits. I deposited this said £7,500,000.00 BPS, (Seven Million Five
Hundred British Pounds Sterling) in an escrow account without a
beneficiary (Anonymous), to avoid any trace.

I cannot be directly connected to this fund because I'm still working
with the bank. So, I need your help to transfer this funds into your
account in your country for you and I to share. I offer you 45% of
this funds as my foreign partner and 55% will be for me. There is no
risk because it will be a bank to bank transfer. However, I will send
to you all legal documents to back up the the transaction. So, I want
you to stand as the owner of this fund so that you can present a
foreign bank account where the funds can be transferred to you as my
foreign partner or alternatively, i can open a non-resident online
account, in your name and send the username and password to you, where
the said amount can be credited to enable you make onward transfers
from it to any other account of your choice worldwide.

If you accept this proposal, I am prepared to go into partnership with
you. Please kindly reply to my private email; abdhafiz100@outlook.com;
for more information on how to proceed.

Sincerely,
Mr. Abeedel Haffiz.

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