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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: =?utf-8?B?c25hamhic2M=?= <snajhbsc@officeora.co>
Reply-To: bender@btelway.com.br
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:13:00 -600
Subject: =?utf-8?B?WW91ciBmZWVkYmFjayBpcyB3ZWxjb21lIChJbnZvaWNlKS4=?=

My name is Sanjay Sharma,

Please I want you to patiently read the explanation in my email because it will help you make the best decision. I am an Investment Consultant at HSBC France. At the very beginning of 2011, the subject matter name Gaylord Peterson came to engage in business investment with our bank here in France. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of €27 Million Euros, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf and I personally assigned to this case; I made numerous suggestions and based on my advice, toward the end of 2014, we spun the money around and made attractive margins, the accrued profit with interest included, stood at this over €30,500,068.00 Euros, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments and in trade market the lower the risk the lesser the profit.

On 13, November 2015 to my greatest surprise, Mr. Gaylord Peterson died among the 130 people killed in the suicide bombing attack in  Paris. Here is the news: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34818994 I was the only one who knew about the fund deposit so after all investigation has been done and there is no one to come forward and make claim; I am prepared to place you in the position as the beneficiary and sole heir to the deceased as his closest surviving associate, the paperwork shall be coordinated in such a way that your status as a sole beneficiary and next of kin will be confirmed upon the various vital document of the deposit.

I am fully ready and prepared to share the money with you equally, I will take 50% and you will take 50%. If you find yourself interested to work with me, please respond to my email, and then I will initiate this process towards a quick conclusion within the next 7 days because, in his bio-data personal form, he didn't list any next of kin.

Our financial bank has searched and used our private tactic to locate anyone close to him to no avail and it is based on this investigation that resulted in my decision to obtain your contact details and contact you as a viable and potential person. According to normal practice, after all, investigations have been done and there is no one to come forward and make the claim so the bank must probably revert the deposit back to the France Government Treasury Account.  

It is necessary to inform you that under no condition should you contact me via official channels and phone numbers. Contact me only through this personal email address <sanjaysharma251891 (at) gmail.com>;  I do not want any other link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management policy, do observe this instruction confidentially.  

I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences might be, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold, this is the one truth I have learned from my personal banking clients; do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, I will be happy to meet you in your country, after this business transaction has been completed. If you find yourself interested in working with me, kindly reply back.

Best regards,
Sanjay Sharma

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Best Regards!
11/19/2022    

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