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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: Arana <garym.stern@nara.gov>
Reply-To: sjawwad.alfaisaliah@gmail.com
Date: 29 Dec 2022 23:13:54 -0800
Subject: RE: Hellow

Dear 419,

With due respect, I have been in search of someone with this  name,so when I saw your name I was pushed to contact you and see how best we can assist each other ,I am Mrs. Roger Arana. I believe it is the wish of God for me to come across you now. My main purpose of sending you this message is that I want you and I to go into a business. I work with SEISSCREDIT bank as an accounting manager in USA, I am contacting you in respect to your last name and you are going to benefit from it.

Late Dr Mitsuo  a citizen of Japan is one of our client who deposited the sum of US 2.4 million united states dollars in our bank .He died on Russia Ukraine war March 2022, that killed over thousand people,  He was in Ukraine on a business trip and that was how he met his end leaving the sum of US$2.4million.

Now their is no next of kin. I am contacting you so you can stand as the next of kin  and so my bank will release the funds to you .My Urgent need for a foreign partner that is what made me to contact you for this legal transaction. Therefore, two million Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. My bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because he was my friend and I am his account officer. He did not mention any Next of Kin/ Heir when the account was opened too.

Last week my Bank Management requested that I should give instructions on what to do about his funds, if to renew the contract. I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a means to handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors happens to know that he is dead and do not have any Heir, they will take the funds for their personal use, so I don't want such to happen.

I am contacting you in respect to you, i want you to stand as the next of kin so that the bank will release his fund to you as the next of kin .It will be my pleasure if we do this business together and share this money 40 % for me while 40 % for you and 20 for charity work. There is no risk involved; the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of law. It is better that we claim the money, than allowing the Bank Directors to take it, they are rich already.

Let me know your mind on this. I have more to write you about the details once I receive your urgent response through my personal email:Roger.Arana@accountant.com.. please let this Secret remain between the both of us for the safety of this transaction .If you accept my proposal, I will enlighten you more on how we can execute this transaction in my next message.

Your urgent reply is needed and will be appreciated

Roger Arana
4838 Jones Avenue
Winston Salem, NC 27101 

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