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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: Greg Wellington <edgreen0017@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:47:03 +0000
Subject: ATTN: DEAR



FROM: DR.GREG WELLINGTON
Email: gwellington41@gmail.hu
TELL: +2771 803 6648


ATTN: DEAR

I will begin by introducing myself to you as Dr.Greg Wellington an auditor in First National Bank (FNB) in Johannesburg Republic of South Africa. I solicit for your assistance to join hand with to the ongoing deal involving the transfer of US$30M (Thirty MillionUnited State Dollars) and I wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad, hence the fund is in dollar and will not be approved in a local account here in South Africa.

I have discovered the above mentioned fund floating in a non-resident account opened in the bank in 1996 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is a 61yrs old MR. MORRIS THOMPSON a British National and great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life together with his wife MRS. THELMA THOMPSON as well as his daughter MS. SHERYL THOMPSON in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account.

As the Head of accounts in the department, I’ve carefully initiated the process of transferring the money using a foreign partner with the hope of having the fund transferred abroad for investment on my behalf and I hope you will agree with my intention to arrange payment of the claim in your name. I request that you let me prepare and file the claim for the money from this Department indicating your name as the appointed beneficiary of
the FUND.

Upon approval of the payment, our bank shall transfer the said amount to your account, and since the money will be paid directly into your bank account to be nominated by you, you will have the responsibility to ensure that I receive my share of the money after disbursements which I have decide will be 70%, and your personal commission will be 25% while 5% will be set aside to balance what so ever expenses we might encounter on the course of the transaction. I have to assure you however, that am to make the payment of the fund possible provided you are ready to give me a strong GUARANTEE that you will not betray my trust in making the transfer of the fund into your bank account.

This is basically safe and risk-free involvement as it is not prone to any enquiries since am active in service and will not want to loose my position in the bank. Meanwhile I demand that you keep this transaction very private and confidential in view of our personal involvement.

Apparently, i wish to notify you that all the necessary arrangement as regards to the success of the transaction has been put in place.

Thanks for your cooperation.
Dr. Greg Wellington
Email: gwellington41@gmail.hu





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