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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: 52302444 52302444 <directoramdadamconsult@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:04:41 -0700
Subject: Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP/NEXT OF KIN



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 Barr Messik Jan Allen Esq a personal Attorney to Late client
of mine that shares similar last name with you from your country.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left
behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Bank
and will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by Government.where this
fund valued USD 7.500.000 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand US DOLLARS
Only) and Gold/one
jug of Diamond was deposited by my client before his death.

The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account
will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury,
So far all my
efforts to get a hold of someone related to my client has proved abortive.
Hence, I have contacted 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 proceeds of this account can be paid
to your account.

All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's Next of
Kin I shall provide them. All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us achieve this
transaction.

I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared among the
charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% is shared equally between
us. This transaction
is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the client's attorney to
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

If you are interested, please contact me via Tel: +233 270 941 555,E-mail:(
allenjane462@gmail.com) your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and
relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction well.


The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. However, if this
business proposal
offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology.If on the contrary
you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your
interest for further explanations.

Finally,i will be happy to meet with you in person first before we start
this partnership business together with you, kindly include your private
direct Email and telephone numbers for full
discussion of this offer when responding to this email

Regards,

yours Sincerely,

Barr Messik Jan Allen Esq

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