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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: "Mr. Abdul Azim." <titumarie01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abduzim01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:00:27 +0000
Subject: Greetings,

*Greetings,*
*My name is Mr. Abdul Azim. I am remittance director in one of African
largest banks, because of security reasons I will not disclose any
information about the bank yet until I find that you are capable of
handling this transaction, one Mr. Karl Schwarz a German Oil
consultant/contractor with the Angola Solid Minerals Corporation have a
deposit with our bank ($7.5 Million US Dollars) in my branch, as his credit
officer i sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply, after a year i sent a reminder and finally i discovered from his
contract employers that Mr. Karl Schwarz has died.*

*Further investigations and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless, I made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Karl did
not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his bank deposit file in our bank. This sum of ($7.5 Million US
Dollars) is still sitting in my bank and no one will ever come forward to
claim it, according to the banking ethics codes and laws at the expiration
of (Five Years) the funds will be reverted to the Government account if
nobody applies to claim the fund.*

*I want you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Karl Schwarz.
The fund will be transferred into your account and we will share the fund
60% for me, 30% for you and 10% for expenses Incurred in the course of the
transaction. There is no risk for the transaction, with my position as the
bank Foreign Remittance Director I will direct and provide you with any
document the bank needed for the transfer. *

*Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest my own share in your
country. I would like you to keep this proposal top secret and
confidential. Waiting for your urgent reply.*

*Best Regards,*
*Mr. Abdul Azim.*
*Mail: abduzim01@gmail.com <abduzim01@gmail.com>*

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