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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: William Jacob <slkwj1899@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 21:10:50 +0100
Subject: hello


Dear Friend,

My name is William Jacob, Managing partner of The Access Bank UK Limited,
London United Kingdom. I saw your contact during my private search at the
information center and I have a deep belief that you will be very honest,
committed and capable of assisting me in this business venture. It is based
on this that I am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary to a late
client of the bank so that the total sum of £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen
Million British Pounds GBP) will be released and paid to you as the
beneficiary to the deceased. At the end of this transaction you shall have
50% of the total inheritance fund and I shall also take 50%. I believe in
equality that is why I want us to share the money 50/50. I will provide you
with all the necessary information, documents and proof to legally back up
the claim from the different offices concerned for the smooth transfer of
the fund to any of your bank accounts as the true beneficiary.Please all
our communication is strictly in email for security reasons. If this
proposal satisfies you, please get back to me with the following
information:

YOUR FULL NAMES,
TELEPHONE/FAX,
MOBILE NUMBERS,
ADDRESS, AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION and your NATIONALITY.
I anticipate your urgent response to enable us to proceed further.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. William Jacob.
Skype: slk_1899

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