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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: Julio Calzada <jcalzadam@zxpteck.com>
Reply-To: julio.calzada@zxpteck.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:27:13 +0000
Subject: Bussiness Proposal

I understand that my mail may be a little confusing to you considering the fact that you and i do not know each other, but please be rest assured that i have contacted you in good faith. My name is Julio Calzada, i work as an unclaimed property administrator. My job basically is to reunite unclaimed funds with the owners/existing beneficiaries (HEIR) as the case may be.

Please find below the details of the transaction for your perusal;

A vendor (Mr. Francis Johnson) with the Solid Minerals Corporation made a term (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$12,750,000.00. Upon maturity, routine notifications were sent to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we discovered that he passed on due to COVID 19, and all attempts to trace his relatives have been fruitless as Mr. Johnson did not declare any relations in all his official documents, including his bank paperwork before he passed on. This sum of US$12,750,000.00 is still unclaimed. No one will ever come forward to claim it.

My proposal is for you to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Johnson. I have drafted a safe plan to re-profile and move this money out of the bank without putting you or my career at any risk.
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We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the necessary documents in your favor. This attorney will prepare a WILL which will be backdated to purport that it had been written and signed by the deceased himself. The attorney will file in the Court with an appropriate affidavit in order to secure a letter of probate empowering you as the Next of kin/Sole Beneficiary. The attorney will also handle all the processes of obtaining the approvals on your behalf.

Upon preparation of these documents and approvals from the relevant authorities, the bank will be instructed to release the funds to you. Your bank account of choice will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. This is the safest procedure we can adopt to complete this transaction and make it 100% risk free from both parties.

From experience, all these processes will be accomplished within 7 working days. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as a UPA guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. For now, we should start laying the claims to the funds.
Once I clarify your willingness to proceed with the transaction, then we can begin the paperwork from there. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.

Julio Calzada
Unclaimed Property Administrator
248 N English Ave,
Springfield, IL 62702
E-mail: julio.calzada@zxpteck.com

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