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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: Jon Faust <me@power.emacom.biz>
Reply-To: jonfaust001@gmail.com
Date: 12 Jun 2022 00:36:45 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY DEAR

>From The Desk Of Mr. Jon Faust
Senior Staff In File Department,
Federal Reserve bank new york
United States
PLANE CRASH WEB SITE BELOW
https://mashable.com/2014/07/19/mh17-passenger-manifest/
("REMITTANCE OF $32 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE
CASE")


Good Day,
on a very good day. I am (Mr. Jon Faust) a senior staff in file
department in federal reserve bank new York (FRB).I got your
contact from a Yahoo Tourist Search.
When i was searching for a foreign partner I assured of your
capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity
when I prayed to God about you. In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of $ 32 million U.S.A dollars (ThirtyTwo Million
U.S.A Dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer who died along with his entire family in (8 March 2014)
in a plane crash.

Please see for more information. Late Mr.Baker Wayne Deposited
the Sum of 32 million U.S.A dollars and know body will ever come
for this money because he has no next of kin in his documents.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we
cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin
or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines,

But unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery
that I and one official in my department now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next
of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want
this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.


The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after 6 years, the money will be transferred
into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner,

We agree that 40 % of this money will be for you as foreign
partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5%
will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and
55% would be for me and my woman colleague. There after I and my
colleague will visit your country for disbursement according to
the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next
of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank
account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy
and effective communication and location where the money will be
remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax
or email the text of the application I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you
should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Jon Faust
POST SCRITUM!!!!!!!!!!! You have to keep everything secret as to
enable the transfer to move very smoothly in to the account you
will prove to the bank.
NOTE: YOU DONT HAVE TO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ID, REPLY BACK TO MY
PERSONAL EMAIL ID BELOW TO CARRY ON WITH OUT DELAY
EMAIL; jonfaust001@gmail.com

PLEASE YOU DONT HAVE TO CALL DURING MY OFFICE HOUR TO AVOID AN
EYE BOWL ON MY SEAT CAUSE AM STILL ON DUTY AS OF THESE MOMENT.TOP
SECRET MUST BE KEPT ONLY.


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