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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: "Katherine .M Jeffreys" <livelong028@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:51:06 -0700
Subject: From Katherine .M Jeffreys...

Dear sir.

I am delighted to write this letter to you which I know may come as a
surprise to you, hence we did not know each other before. However, my name
is Catherine Jeffreys. I am an account officer with the Paragon Private
Bank of New York.

We have a customer by name Mr. Dan Petrescu, a Romanian who died as a
result of plane crash and I happen to be his account manager.
Unfortunately, Late Mr. Dan Petrescu died alongside his wife, son and five
other friends. Before his death, he left an instruction in his account that
his money be transferred to his family members with an OPEN NEXT OF KIN in
his WILL deposited in my bank.

All efforts we made to contact any of his family members for the past one
year proves abortive. And my bank is considering reverting the fund to the
bank's Treasury as an UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT. However, the new United State law
of succession/claims/fund indicates a duration in which such claims could
be tolerated.

Now, I would like to present you to my bank as the family member of late
Dan Petrescu, and his next of kin so that you can claim the fund instead of
losing it to my bank. The amount involved is $150Million USD. We will
share the money 50% for you and 50% for me. If you are interested in
transacting the business with me.

You are to view the link and reply for details.{
https://balkaninsight.com/2021/10/04/romanian-billionaire-and-family-perish-in-plane-crash-over-milan/
}

Once again: if you are not interested kindly delete this from your mailbox
to avoid hoax.

Thank you.
Yours Faithfully
Katherine .M Jeffreys

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