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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: Capt Allen Tex Alcock <capt.allenalcock1946@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 15:24:04 +0100
Subject: Attention: My beloved:Can You Handle This Project?

How are you doing today?,

Greetings to you and please permit me to introduce myself. i am Capt
Allen Tex Alcock,i am from Australia,but living in United State of
America,am a very wealthy man a crude oil merchant before i was
diagnosed with esophageal cancer which has defiled all medical
solutions and according to medical experts i only have a few more
months to live.

as you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it is a
universal truth that we all must die someday, the only problem with
mine though being that i have particularly not lived my life well in
spite of my wealth and possessions as i never really cared for anyone
(not even myself) but my business.

though i was very rich i was never generous, i was never caring about
people but only dedicated my time and resources on my business as that
was the only thing i cared about.

but now i regret all this as i now know that there is more to life!
than just accumulating all the wealth in the world as i lay helplessly
on my sick bed. if i was given a second chance to live again i sure
would live my life different way from how i have lived it owing to
what has befallen me now.

as my last days alive are drawing closer and closer i have already
willed out most of my properties and assets to my immediate and
extended family members as well as a few close friends.

i also want my soul to be at peace with god and for him to be merciful
on me and accept my soul and to this regard i have resolved to give my
remaining funds to charity organizations as i want this to stand as
one of the last deeds i indulge in on earth before i die. though i
have already distributed money to some charity organizations, now that
my health has deteriorated so badly i can no longer continue with this
myself and also i do not trust my immediate family members or close
friends and my wife died during the September 11,2001 attack on the
world trader center in New York City, and during the period of our
marriage we could not produce any child. on this as i have once asked
immediate family members or close friends to close one of my account!
Units and distribute the funds therein to charity organizations they
greedily kept the money to themselves. Hence i am contacting you with
this as i have lost confidence in them because it is obvious they are
not contended With what i have left for them.

the last of my funds which no one knows of is a cash deposit of
(Twenty five million four hundred thousand united states dollars)
($25.4,000,000,00) stashed in one trunk boxes and declared as personal
effects of high security value which i have with a Bank. all i am
asking of you is to assist me in making the collection of this deposit
and dispatching the funds for charity organizations, motherless
babies' homes, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting needy elderly
men and women of your choice, after keeping 30% of the funds for
yourself and your family.

Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are capable and
sincere to handle this project! Section on my behalf so i can forward
you with all relevant documents necessary for the claims and the name
of the firm where the funds are deposited.

God bless you as i await words from you. please inform me as soon as
possible if you are not interested so i can proceed to seek for
someone else to carry out this on my behalf. find attached my
photograph and my Identification along with this email for your
verification.

Please reply me through this Email address:(capt.allenalcock1946@yahoo.com)


God bless you.

Yours lovely brother

Capt Allen Tex Alcock,(Crude Oil Consultant)

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