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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: Alexander Dickens <jessica900090@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alexanderdickens12@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 03:44:17 -0800
Subject: I WILL WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
Address: London W1u 6rp, United Kingdom
Personal Email:alexanderdickens12@yahoo.com

Dear Friend

Dear Sir/Ma

My name is Alexander Dickens, an accounts manager with National Commercial
Bank London. I retrieved your email address in my search on the internet
for a reliable and trustworthy person that I can transact with.

I was the Account Officer to Late Engineer James who died of COVID 19 six
months ago.

Before his death, he had an investment deposit with my bank totaling the
sum of $47,500, 000.00 (FORTY SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.
DOLLARS ONLY).

Late Engineer James lost his wife and two children in an auto crash three
years ago.

All efforts made by our Bank to locate his relatives have been unsuccessful
so I decided to write to you as I have monitored this account in the bank
for a year and three month now and no one has come forth with any claim.

The last time I visited him in the hospital before his death, he
confidently told me that 50% of the total deposit in my Bank will be given
to an orphanage, but he did not say anything about the remaining 50%.

Reply via my private email address at: for further clarification.

If your response is positive stating you are interested in working with me,
I will provide you with my private cell phone number so that we could have
a confidential conversation.

Please also be kind enough to get back to me if you are not interested.

Kind Regard,
Alexander Dickens

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