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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- robert.smithh105@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Robert Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Robert.smithh104@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 04:13:49 +0200
Subject: Bond Street Investment Advisors

Dear Friend,

I'm Robert Smith, I'm a Senior Executive Internal Auditor at Bond Street Investment Advisors, a team of wealth management advisors and investment brokers. We represent Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) individual clients, venture capitalists and business angels to grow their financial portfolios globally.

As a Senior Executive Internal Auditor, 12 years ago one of our clients named Mr. Peter Willson invested in mining and selling gemstones here in the UK. I happened to be the personal advisor to the late Mr. Peter Willson, the late Mr. Peter Willson made a series of financial investments through our portfolio amounting to £16,000,000.00 (sixteen million pounds) for twelve (12) calendar months since 2010 and this financial investment deposit was unattended.

When his personal advisor was outgrown, I routinely sent a notice to his forwarding address but received no response. After a month, I sent a reminder, and finally in my research I discovered that Mr Peter Willson died with his immediate family members when a Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile, fired by Moscow-backed separatists on 23 July 2014 .

Below is a link for your view.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

I await your response to provide further details and how this would be done legally and successfully.

Please note that this information should be treated with utmost discretion and confidentiality.

my private Email Address is Robert.smithh105@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Robert Smith
Senior Executive Internal Auditor.
Bond Street Investment Advisors
Station Yard Park Avenue SOUTHALL,
UB1 3AD United Kingdom
Robert.smithh105@gmail.com

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