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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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Fraud email example:

From: ANDREW CECERE <infooffice955@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:54:40 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS!! SIR

Greetings!!

With reference to our conversation on social media, i anticipate that
you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion and
willingness to this classified information that i brought here to you.
Once again, my name is Mr. Andrew Cecere, the Chairman & CEO of
U.S.Bancorp. During our last bank audits and routine-check, we
discovered an abandoned account belonging to a deceased foreign
client, named Mr. Wang Jian, a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the HNA
Group, a Chinese Conglomerate with significant Real Estate Ownerships
across the U.S. He died on a fatal accident while on a business trip
in France. Uptil date no one has ever come to make claim of the
abandoned sum in his account. We had carried out several investigation
on his account profile, and noticed there wasn't any registered next
of kin linked to the account that was dormant over the years. Kindly
visit this link for your perusal...
https://observer.com/2018/07/wang-jian-hna-founder-dies-tragic-fall/

In the course of searching for a capable and reliable partner to
champion this business opportunity, i came across your contact, and
the reason why i contacted you here and revealed this to you, is to
request your assistance to transfer the sum of US$9.2Million to you,
my lawyer will recommend you as the last business partner to the late
client, so that you can make full claim of this funds as his
beneficiary. Meanwhile, before i contacted you, several efforts were
made to find his extended family through their embassy, but to no
avail. My lawyer will contact the bank and present you to them as Mr.
Wang Jian's last foreign business partner and next-of-kin. I have
mapped out strategies and modalities to invest this funds in a good
charitable Foundation, as soon as i join you over in your country for
sharing of the percentage. I plan to establish and donate part of this
funds to orphanage home to support the orphanage children, and to
build a hospital to help the less-privileged. I took this decision
upon, because i don't want this fund to be transferred to government
treasury/account as an unclaimed funds. I will offer you 40% for your
kind support and assistance upon receipt of this funds. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of law here or in your country. All I
require is your honest cooperation as i believe i can trust you with
guarantee that you won't betray me for any reason after receiving this
funds. As a top official in the bank, i cannot directly be connected
to this transaction, that is the reason why i contacted you for us to
work together in agreement, so that you can assist to receive this
fund direct to your bank account for us to establish a
joint-partnership charity project. All legal documentations to back up
your claim will be provided by the lawyer, he will also guide you with
further details on how to receive this funds. If you are interested in
this transaction, i advised you contact me now, so that i will give
you comprehensive details on how to proceed.

Warm regards.
Mr. Andrew Cecere
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

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