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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: "Barrister Paul Martins." <pm0304697@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paulmartinmr@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 03:12:05 -0700
Subject: Re:

Urgent Attention My Dear, Beneficiary.

We have completed our investigation and you are hereby approved to

receive your fund worth of $8.5M as we have verified the entire

transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the

funds have been deposited with VP Bank of Switzerland you will be

required to contact directly the VP Bank in-charge of this

transaction.

This is in fulfillment of the promise made to the whole Foreign

Beneficiaries during the just concluded World Economic Summit, in

Zurich-Switzerland, that every Beneficiary will receive his/her

outstanding fund without further delay from VP Bank of Switzerland

Group.

In view of this,Your fund has positioned with the VP BANK OF

SWITZERLAND to your account for settlement of indebtedness to

you.So,this transaction is real and legitimate to the best of our

knowledge.Consequently, for proper Accountability/Transparency in this

exercise VPBS have set up this office to make adequate payment

recommendation to every legitimate creditor immediately for on the

spot release of your due claims.


We will consciously appreciate your response and stand towards this

matter of immediate attention.

Help us fight Scam and Terrorism off the face of the earth; the power

of God must prevail over evil.

We anticipate your immediate response.

Take care of yourself and send my greetings to your family.

PLEASE CONTACT Barrister Paul Martins. AT paulmartinmr@yahoo.com.

Thanks
Barrister Paul Martins.

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