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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: Patrick <tedmich40@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

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Attention.

I am Mr. Patrick Ohen. A personal adviser to one late Mr. Harry Billy
an Oil Merchant who died in 2018. And before his death, he has 35.5M
Deposited with Nat West Bank London and he lost his entire family, a
wife, and only 3 children in a plane crash in 2015 on their way back
to America. Now he has no next of kin to stand for these funds for a
bank claim. And these funds have been in dormant accounts and now
moved into the bank treasury account on the 31st of October 2022 with
a taxation fee of deposit
for demurrage. And this has become a concern to me.

I want to let you know that I have contacted a financier who will
process these funds payments to be released to you and you will not
send any of your money on these charges fees, the financier will take
care of all the costs for the final fund's payment transfer to you as
he agreed to wire the cost fees to you receiving these funds from the
bank to be sure of getting his 2% for his expenses of these funds
$35.5.transferred to you. Now, all that you will be involved in is to
provide the bank's account details in America only, to receive the
fees charges from the financier. Meanwhile, I want to pull out these
funds to avoid accumulating fees of more than anyone can handle, hence
I am
contacting you.

I would appreciate your urgent response to let me connect you to the
financier as you
contact him also. Send your following information below to commence the
processing of this transaction as the true Next of Kin.

(1) Your (international passport / Driving License copy).
(2) Full Name:-------
(3) Your Age:--------
(4) Your Occupation /Profession.:----
(5) Your position:------
(6) Your Home/Office Address
(7) Your Phone Cell number.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Patrick Ohen.

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