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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 Schwarz, Esq. LLB (Hons) <no-reply@drivethrustuff.com>
Reply-To: William Schwarz, Esq. LLB (Hons) <williamschwerz@gmail.com>
Date: 28 Dec 2021 04:29:42 -0800
Subject: Re: From William Schwarz, Esq. LLB (Hons) ...

Dear friend,

My name is William Schwarz ESQ, a personal attorney for one late
Client of mine, who may be related to you (Name withheld for
security reasons) who has no will or Next of Kin died. My company
is looking for the next Relatives He died with his wife and only
daughter. He left no wills or relatives. Since then have all of
my multiple inquiries here to one of the extended relatives
finding my client has been unsuccessful. Therefore I have myself
determined to have his name on the public record Your country to
look for members of its extended family that's why I saw your
name.

I know you may not be biologically related to him but since you
both
have the same surname, I ask you to Your consent to the deceased
as
your next of kin to be presented so that the proceeds of his
account can be paid out to your Account and we will split the
proceeds and the remaining percentage that i care for motherless
babies at home /charities want to give to the whole world.. All I
ask of you is Your honest cooperation so that we can handle this
transaction can. I guarantee this This transaction is under a
Legitimate agreement executed that you from breaking the law
protects.

Full name
Contact address
mobile number
occupation
Copy of your ID.

Once the details are in I'll go ahead and update you.

My email: williamschwerz@gmail.com

Greetings,
William Schwarz, Esq. LLB (Hons)

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