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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: "INFO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <financingproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:26:56 -0800
Subject: RE:Info

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*






Dear Sir,



Business Proposal



Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly

confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive

and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. Let me start by first introducing

myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous

correspondence between us My Name is KABEER, (Lawyer/Businessman and Doctor in Law) a personal Attorney to Late

Mr. Paul, an expatriate engineer and contractor



My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me to secure his funds deposited with the Bank before he died, to

avoid it being confiscated or declared as unclaimed by the Bank. The fund value is €16,500, 000.00 (Sixteen

Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros), this money was deposited by my late client before he passed away, he died

by stroke and cancer on the 16th April 2014, and up till today his relatives remained unknown.



All relevant documents and information as regards to the cash deposit is in my possession as we speak therefore I

guarantee the success of this transaction in all legal definitions. As his attorney I have contacted the bank for

the claim of the fund and the Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be

declared unserviceable and the fund will be retired by the state.This type of incident is not new, there are many

people who try to evade taxes in their country of origin by depositing their money in a foreign secret accounts

but I never knew my late client had one until his accidental death and the eventual disclosure from my contact in

the bank. Since this account is secret and there is no one left to claim the fund I am contacting you. I am

actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client’s

fund, since you have the same last name, so that the fund will be released to you as his next of kin. All the

legal documents to back up your claim as my client’s next of Kin are with me. All I require is your honest

cooperation and absolute confidentiality in order to guarantee success.



I wish to point out that I want 20% of this money to be shared among the Charity Organizations, while the

remaining is shared equally between us. This transaction is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the

client’s personal attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested,

please contact me, Private Email: overseaoffice@yahoo.com upon your response, I shall then provide you with more

details and relevant documents that will help you understand more on this transaction.



The intended transaction will be processed under legitimacy,which will protect me and you from any violation of

law.

If you wish to achieve the goal with me, please kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanations

and better understanding. Also be kind to let me know if you are not interested so that I can further my search

to another Citizen that has the same surname with my late client.



Kindest Regards


KABEER

Area of Practice:
Accident and Injuries, Adoption, Alternate Dispute Resolution,
Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bail and Bond, Banking and Finance,
Bankruptcy, Business and Commercial, Car Accident, Civil Right,
Copyright, Criminal Law

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