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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: "El-Hassan Yesiuah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hansonjaison1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 11:45:32 -0500
Subject: [Get back to me...]

Dear friend,
This email is strictly confidential. However, if the content does not please you, kindly delete it without publicity, so as to avoid complications due social media misconceptions. For more clarity and prove about it, do kindly click on the BBC News website below and read carefully to confirm every history about the death of Mr. John Shumejda and the emergence of my intention. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm
I am El-Hassan Yesiuah , a Syrian/British, I work with a well-known financial house here in London and I am the personal account officer to the late John Shumejda who died in a plane crash in the year 2002 when a private jet crashed during take-off from Birmingham Airport. I had a private meeting with my late client same day before the crash and this gentleman had plans of investing over GBP 10 Million Great British Pounds sterling into some ventures in Dubai and to making me the manager of those ventures upon my retirement in some month's time then. John Shumejda is a very close friend and big client; we believe so much in each other and consider our advice for each other.
Months ago, I received a Memo from my bank (as his account officer) that since the death of John Shumejda in 2002, no one has ever come forward as his next of kin to make inquiry and or claim on his deposit with the bank. Therefore, I have been mandated to search for his next of kin and forward the relative information to the bank within some time, otherwise his deposited funds will be cancelled and be sent to the UK Government Treasury Account as unclaimed and confiscated funds. Since then, all effort to locate any of his family members and relative has proven unfruitful and as far as I know, John Shumejda has no next of kin because he has no child and his wife also died a few years after the death of her husband as she could not bear the pain.
Therefore, I am contacting you to stand as my foreign partner to claim the money as next of kin to late John Shumejda so that the bank can release his sum deposit of GBP £55,780,000.00 [Fifty Five Million, Seven Hundred and Eighty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling] in your favor. Behold!, once the money is released to your bank account, you and I will mutually share it by the following ratio 40% for you as my trusted partner-who effortful worked with me for the successful realization of the fund, 60% for me as the Initiator and founder of the deal. I want to assure you that this transaction is 100% hitch/risk-free as I have everything strategically planned out already. Hence, you imperatively need to follow my instructions and earnestly doing the needful as I am going to present you documentarily to the bank management as formalities demands. If you are willing to work with me and you can be trusted, kindly get back to me for us to proceed.
I made trips to convince my directors that I had gone into search for the next of kin and relative to John Shumejda. Therefore I pray that you will not disappoint my confidence in you. Your urgent response is needed to enable us proceed.

Yours faithfully,
El-Hassan Yesiuah

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