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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Leon Jones." <jonathanleonard471@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jonsleon9090@inbox.ru
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:37:06 +0100
Subject: Please contact me for more details if interested.
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Fidelity International
Oakhill House
130 Tonbridge Road
Hildenborough Tonbridge
Kent TN11 9DZ
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Leon Jones, I work as the Fund Executive Manager with Fidelity
Investment UK, the world leading Investment & Fund Management Institution
based in UK/Channel Island.I have an investor under my portfolio with a
closing balance of £ 25.745,000.00 as his first initial deposit.
This investor died Nine years ago leaving no WILL or AUTHORIZATION for Re-
transfer of his investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR. I have
personally carried out an investigation on the subject matter that took me
12 months to finalize and was made to understand that the family or
relatives of the investor knows nothing about his investment with fidelity
and none have any records of all his deposits and investment with us, there
by creating an avenue for claiming of the said funds with its accrued
interest on presentation of a trustworthy person that can stand as the
INHERITOR to the deceased.
If you are interested i can present you as the INHERITOR with proper
documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed and on doing
this,our establishment will not question the release of the funds to you as
i will make sure that we comply with the banking laws and ethics of
claiming the investment in our establishment.
Our sharing ratio will be 50%/50%. Please contact me for more details if
interested.
Looking forward to hearing from you shortly.
Sincerely.
Mr. Leon Jones.
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