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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: Kevin Roberts <ai93074831@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rk70373119@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 02:19:24 -0800
Subject:

My Dear, Complement of the Seasons.
I, am MR. KEVIN ROBERTS, a United Kingdom Nationality, though, I live
in United States of America, I was bosom friend to late Pilot Lewis
Tonkinson, from West Bromwich United Kingdom. Mr. Lewis Tonkinson was
a co-founder of Pinnacle Marketing ommunications which has a
registered office in Caroline Street in the Jewellery Quarter.
Actually, Pilot Lewis Tonkinson and his wife Sally were flying home
with their son when their light aircraft smashed into woodland on 14
April 2016 and they die and left their six-year-old son.
Please carefully, visit this webpage;
https://www.business-live.co.uk/business/business-news/jewellery-quarter-businessman-killed-plane-83868212019/10/02
nyregion› plane-crash
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3539055/Millionaire-died-alongside-wife-plane-crashed-saved-son-s-life-telling-brace-just-seconds-aircraft-plummeted-trees.html
Therefore, I am contacting you to stand as one of the business
associates of late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson because of his versatile in
numerous business partners globally as no one could question, because
his only survival son was affected by the Aircraft Mishap later he
die, and UK government keep hold of all his remaining investments and
may be willed to the charitable homes.
Furthermore, I will like to present you to the bank, as the business
partner to late Pilot Lewis Tonkinson, so that we can receive his fund
and contract balance worth 3.8 million dollars into your bank account,
for our mutual benefit, since none of the family members or UK
Government have any information about this fund, and if we could not
claim the fund, the bank will confiscate the account and transfer the
fund to their treasury account as unclaimed fund, this transaction is
risk free and should be keep as our most secret, we could invest this
fund in partners in your country in India or we can share it in 50/50
as equal sharing.
I await your urgent response indicating your interest so we could
proceed. View appendix for copy of passport for your perusal.
Best Regards,
Mr. Roberts Kevin

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