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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: yves.charriau@charriau.com
Reply-To: loanoffice645@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 23:08:27 -0700
Subject: RE:


Attention:


Good day.



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 MR. G. RUSSELL, (Banker) and personal account manager to my Late client, 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 €76,500, 000.00 (Seventy Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros), this money was deposited by my late client before he passed away, 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 account manager 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. 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 will be provided. 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 banker to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me, 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 by a lawyer,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

MR. G. RUSSEL


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