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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: "Attorney(Ricks Law Firm)" <patrickfreds69@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robinsonderrick64@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:23:41 +0100
Subject: Hi

Hello Dear,


My name is Barrister Derrick Robinson, I am the personal attorney to the
late Dr. Kovac A. Gilbert, who was a patriotic Citizen of your country and
a gold merchant here in my country, England.


My late client, Dr. Kovac Gilbert and his entire family died in the Tsunami
natural disaster which occurred on the 26th of December, 2004 in Indonesia
while they were on Christmas vacation. Ever since he died, efforts have
been made to get in touch with his close family relations (brothers,
sisters, aunty, uncle, and other family relations) but until now, I have
not been able to find any of his family relatives and that is the reason I
am contacting you through this means so that I can present you to the bank
where his funds has been as his Next of Kin (family relative) so that his
funds valued at $34,604,654(USD) which has been in the bank here in my
country since his death, can be transferred to you.


Verifiable here:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Ocean-tsunami-of-2004


The government of this country plans on confiscating the funds of my late
client if one of his family relatives does not come to claim his fund. My
late client worked so hard for this fund and it would be a total waste if
the government succeeds in confiscating his funds. So, for this reason, I
would like you to think about this, decide and get back to me with
information about you as listed in the paragraph below if you make up your
mind to join me in getting the funds of my late client out of the bank so
that you and I including humanity would benefit from this great recovery. I
am almost giving up on this search ,your honest response would gladden my
heart.


I will need the following information from you to further commence this
transaction process:


1. Your Full Name


2. Home Address


3. Your Age


4. Occupation


5. Your Telephone Number.



I await your reply as soon as possible




Thanks

Best Regards

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