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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:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rbtjohnsoon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:12:08 -0600
Subject: READ AND RESPOND BACK

I am Robert Johnson, I am a Senior Executive internal auditor with Bond Street Investment Advisors a team of Wealth Management Advisors and Investment Brokers, we represent Ultra High Net worth (UHNW) Individual Clients, Venture Capitalists, and Business Angles to expand their financial portfolio globally.

As Senior Executive internal auditor, ten years ago, an investment was made by one of our clients by name Mr. Peter, was into Mining and Sells of precious stones here in the Europe. I happened to be a late Mr. Peter personal Advisor, late Mr. Peter Willson made a number of financial investments through our portfolio, amounting to £ 8,000,000.00 (Eight Million Pounds) for twelve (12) calendar months since 2010, and this financial investment deposit has been unattended to.

Upon maturity, as his personal Advisor, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no response. After a month, I sent a reminder, and finally, I discovered from my investigations, that Mr. Peter died with his immediate family members in a plane crash that occurred in Libya on the 12th of May 2010, below is a link for your view.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

The said investment fund is with Baader investment Bank and according to the laws of the land, all unattended deposits beyond Twelve years will be forfeited to the state, hence, I decided that we can present you are Mr. partner and Next-of-Kin.

Most importantly, the Investment consulting director with Baader investment Bank is a partner in this transaction, as such, we are 100% guaranteed success and a risk-free transaction.

I await your response, in order to provide more details, and how this would be done legally and successfully. Please note that this information should be handled with utmost discretion and confidentiality.

Sincerely,
Mr.Robert Johnson
Senior Executive Internal Auditor
Baader Bank AG.

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