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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: David Richard <allenharry70@gmail.com>
Reply-To: david-lawfirm@representative.com
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:26:53 +0100
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON !

Dear Friend

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON !

It is obvious that this letter will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully; I am Barrister David Richard
(Esq), a legal practitioner. Before I proceed, I must apologize
for this spontaneous email 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 have a business
proposal which I believe will be a very good opportunity for both
of us, so I decided to contact you on the business.

The business is this: A deceased client of mine died during a plane
crash dated 24 July 2014 as you can see or confirm through the
websites (BBC NEWS) herewith.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-28485503

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-28478532

He was a real estate moguls, he died with on the plane crash with his
wife and kids leaving behind a deposit valued funds of Five Million,
Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$5,300,000.00) in one of the
leading banks here, and the bank had contacted me on many occasions
over the past years to present the supposed Next of kin/relative to my
late client.

This fund has lasted more than the projected 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
unserviceable or confiscated by the Bank treasury due to the ongoing
Bank reform here.

So far, all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to him has
proved abortive, and the bank cannot release the funds direct to me
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin to the account as
indicated in the banking guidelines. So since I have contacted you, I
am actually asking for your consent to present your information to the
Bank as the Next of Kin to my late client as the recipient of the
funds, so that the proceeds of this account can be released to you.

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 the claim as my client's next of kin, I
shall provide, all I require from you 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 funds by the Bank management or confiscated
by the government, as a result of the new Bank reform which all the
Banks here will soon start to implement.

Therefore, it is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you on
this business, and I wish to point out that I will want 20% of this
money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining
80% will be shared equally between us. I will use my position as the
client’s attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this
transaction.

Meanwhile, upon your response, I shall provide you with more details
about the transaction; also you should understand that this should be
kept very confidential. I guarantee that this transaction will be
executed and completed within 7 working days and with lawful process
and arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the
law.

Finally, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, please
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 via my private email ID underneath.



Best Regards,

David Richard (Esq.)

Private Email: david-lawfirm@representative.com

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