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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: Ali Osuman <royrobot2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infooffice2026@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:26:10 -0500
Subject: Dear My Good Friend, Urgently Reply

Dear My Good Friend, Urgently Reply,As Partnershp,Needed From You

It’s my urgent need For a foreign partner that made me to contact you
for this transaction. I am Ali Osuman Agent/Solicitor and personal
attorney to one Mr. Weimin Xxxxxx who made a fixed deposit for 36
months, valued at $26,700,000.00 with a Commercial Bank of Dubai
(U.A.E) before his death in 2016 in an auto crash. My client Mr.
Weimin is an Oil Explorer with the Sudan National Petroleum
Corporation, also known as Sudapet.

As his personal attorney, I have made several inquiries as directed by
the bank with a view to locating any member of his immediate or
extended relatives so as to present him/her as the Next of Kin and
beneficiary of my late client and of course claim his entitlements.

And unfortunately, I have been unsuccessfully in all my efforts at
trying to locate any member of his immediate family. For this reason,
I have decided to trace his last name, hence I contacted you so that
the process of claim of the fund deposited by my late client can be
handed over to you. I got your contact from an International Journal
during my search for the above mentioned issues.


Some directors with Commercial Bank of Dubai (U.A.E) have been trying
to find out from me the information about my client family but I have
kept it secret because I know that if they become aware that my
client Mr. Weimin has not direct relative alive, they will corner the
funds for themselves.

Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to
benefit from his fund at his death since you have the same name, so
that the bank will pay the funds to you. I have done enough work
inside the bank arrangement and we only have to put in your details
into the information network in the bank computers and reflect you as
his next of kin.

If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 50% of
the funds while 50% shall be for me. Kindly forward your response to
me immediately through email below:

Regards

Ali Osuman

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