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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: "Chris Walter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <privateemail0012@citromail.hu>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 14:44:43 -0700
Subject: I await your esteemed response.

Dear friend,

My sincere and esteemed compliments to you! I am very sorry to invade your privacy.I got your contact information from the international directory few weeks ago before deciding to contact you on this proposal I want to make.It will be of immense mutual benefit to us.Please bear with me as I crave for your understanding of me in this regard If it may interest you to know much about it,please you can mail me back.I am sorry again for the inconvenience this my email may cause you.

My name is Mr.Chris Walter, a banker with one of the banks in Lagos, Nigeria.This is the proposal I want to make to you as I informed you above. On the 6th of June,2018, a Zimbabwean farmer/businessman made a (Fixed) deposit of funds for twelve calendar months,valued at $9,320,000.00 (Nine million,three hundred and twenty thousand United States Dollars-five) in my branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,I sent a reminder and finally discovered from his co-farmer who previously had an account also with my bank that he had died during the land crisis in Zimbabwe.On further investigations,I found out that he did not leave a WILL at the time of the account opening and deposit and all attempts to trace his next of kin has been fruitless.

However,investigations were made it was discovered that he did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork.This sum of US$9,320,000.00 is still in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will or has ever come forward for claims.

As some aspects of the Nigerian financial laws stipulate, at the expiration of 5 (five) years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government {STATE} if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner,stand in as his next of kin and we claim it for mutual benefits for us and that the fund does not get into the hands of some corrupt officials who may want to divert it to their private accounts when the know more about it and share among themselves.

I will intimate you with the requirements that the attorney will need to prepare the necessary documents and affidavits,which will put you in place as the next of kin upon your positive response.We shall engage the services of an attorney that will be responsible for drafting,notarization of the WILL/Testament and obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world,which you will provide, will be used to facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin to the depositor. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you, There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for these claims will be arranged and by my position as the Regional manager will guarantee successful execution.

Upon your positive response from you,I shall let you know more about and the details of my bank.I will also provide you with more details and relevant documents that will put you in a clearer picture of this claim.

Please the under mentioned information will be appreciated if you are
interested but if you are not please, do forget about forwarding the information.

(1) Full Names:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Current Phone Number:
(4) Age:
(5) Country of Residence:
(6) Occupation:
(7)Identity(any type)

I will appreciate it if you reply through this my private email: privateemail0012@citromail.hu for confidential reasons.

Yours faithfully,
Chris Walter.


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