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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: "Mrs. Christine Lagarde" <mrslagardechristine2009@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:04:21 +0100
Subject: Barrister Patrick Wilfred,

Dear Esteemed customer,
In view of our routine annual audit which was done on the last day of
last month Tuesday September 30th, 2021, it has been discovered that
your total inheritance/contract fund of $21.7M which was supposed to
have been transferred to you a long time ago is still lying in this
bank in a dormant account. My further inquiries into the circumstances
surrounding this unpleasant situation, proved to me that the reason for
the failure of the transaction was as a result of inaccurate operations and
wrongful payments.

The transaction was actually conducted on the wrong platform and
consequently, it has cost you a lot of money in the past without any
meaningful progressive success. The specific directives from the
Presidency of this country concerning your transaction was not been
followed correctly by the officials that operated on your transactions
in the past. The Presidency directed that your transaction should be
conducted
through "WAIVER DEDUCTION PAYMENT OPTION" . In this payment Option,
every necessary charge will be deducted from the $21.7M and the
balance will be sent to you either by ATM CARD or Online bank fund
transfers.

The only payment which represent the only commitment you will ever
make is for the "WAIVER DEDUCTION CERTIFICATE" This WAIVER DEDUCTION
CERTIFICATE must be signed at the supreme court of this country as a
proof that your consent was obtained before the deduction process.
Once the certificate is obtained, the fund will be sent to you via the
"WAIVER DEDUCTION PAYMENT OPTION" and every charge will be deducted
from the principal fund $21.7M. Therefore, in order to proceed, you
have to contact the director of the WAIVER DEDUCTION PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
and send him your details and also ask him for directions on how to send
the charges to them and then expect the transfer to be completed within
72 hours from the moment you opened a communication with the below
contact person.

Name: Barrister Patrick Wilfred
Email: barristerpatrickwilfred@aol.com

Thank you.
Barrister Patrick Wilfred,
Nedbank Head Office,
Port Novo, Benin Republic

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