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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: yakubu musa <yakubumusa5757@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wghljkw001@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 13:35:04 -0700
Subject:

Greetings to you,

I am Jan Mikula a legal/Financial consultant based in California,
United states of America. I want to disclose and discuss this
promising transaction that I would like to execute with you.

I had a client who was a Mexican American, an oil merchant both in USA
and Mexico.In 2017 he was diagnosed with various ailments after the
tragic incidents he experienced towards end of 2015. However, he was
admitted to an acute care facility with esophageal cancer in November
2019. Unfortunately, he got infected in the hospital with Covid-19 and
died in February because his body is too week to fight the virus.


My late client confided in me as I was his family legal counsel. In
2014 we both visited a financial institution in New York City where he
saved $25m U.S dollars project fund. They(my client & his wife) had
arranged the fund to build a hospital for their son as a surprise
after graduation. However, the young man (my client's son) was the
Next of Kin to the deposited fund, but he passed too! So, for these
reasons, I would want to use your information to update the deposit
file and make you the successor because my client died without
updating his WILL, therefore, none of his extended family is aware of
this particular deposit.

There is nothing to worry about, I shall provide you the deposit
documents and other appropriate legal backup document.

We shall discuss about investing the fund, probably in your area of
business or something lucrative either home or abroad. But you must
keep this correspondence to yourself because of my position in the U.S
Government. Kindly indicate your interest in assisting me in this
venture.

Kindly reply as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Jan Mikula

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