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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: "Michael Chan" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 07:33:19 +0100
Subject: Can i trust you?

Hello Dear,
 
It is obvious that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be rest assured that it is real and a genuine business. Before I proceed, I must apologize for this spontaneous mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conservative way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. First, I must solicit your confidence in this proposal; this is by the nature of it as being utterly confidential or top secret.I am Barrister Michael Chan, a British lawyer by profession. I am the Attorney, a legal adviser to Mr. Rafik Hariri, Born in Lebanon in 1944, The late Rafik Hariri was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon that travels all over the world, and was five times the Prime Minister of Lebanon. You can view this site for confirmation.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Rafic_Hariri
 
I decided to find someone that is real and not an imaginary and that was why I went for a secured site where i can be sure that the person is for real. Mr. Rafik Hariri deposited the sum of 36,000,000 million British Pound Sterling in a bank herein London which was not traceable after his sudden death because there was no next of kin or business partner on the time of deposit.The bank had contacted me on many occasions over the past years to present the supposed Next of kin to my late client.This fund has lasted more than expected period in the Bank security vault, and the Bank has issued me a final notice to present the next of kin to my late client or the account will be declared un-serviceable or confiscated by the Bank treasury due to the ongoing Bank reform here in London to implement the announcement made by Prime Minister some years back which stated that some of the money held in dormant accounts would be used to fund youth and community projects for you can confirm t his in the BBC News website below
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ business/4017381.stm
 
The British Government is now making every efforts to confiscate all dormant account that has been more than ten year. Arrangement is on top gear by the British Government to use the money in dormant accounts to fund production of Vaccines to be distributed to the less privileged ones and other humanitarian services during this present pandemic.I need someone I could trust to channel this money as next of kin/Business partner to the deceased. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried. But I am assuring you that; all the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's next of kin, I shall provide. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this goal. I am convinced that the intended transaction is 100% risk free, that you should not entertain any atom of fear, the fact is that I just don’t want my late client funds to be declared as unclaimed fund by the Bank management or be confiscated by the go vernment, as a result of the new
 
It is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you on this business, Permit me to ask you this few questions,
 
(1) Can I completely trust you?
(2) I am ready to offer you 40%? While 20% of this money will be shared among charity Organizations, the remaining 80% is shared equally between us. I will use my position as the client’s attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
Contact me on my official email{ michael@michaelchan- chambers.com
Telephone/Whatsapp number: +447594359640
 
Upon your response, I shall provide you with more details about this transaction; also you should understand that this should be kept very confidential. However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology, or if on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further details.
 
Thank you so much.
Barrister Michael Chan

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