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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: "Nicolas Lemue" <test@test.com>
Reply-To: infobackground9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:08:47 -0700
Subject: Good Day Sir

Compliments,

I am Nicolas Lemue, a Financial Consultant from France however resident in London, United Kingdom. I got your esteemed contact via LinkedIn. I want to partner with you on a transaction worth $80M USD. I had a client who unfortunately died of COVID-19 complications from 2020. I want you to receive this money as a representative for of my late client. He died intestate together with his nominated next of kin unfortunately. I shall provide to you all appropriate legal documents that will present you as a legal representative and entitlement to these assets/estate. Part of this estate is in AU METAL (120kg). When you reply, we shall discuss a whole lot of issues including disbursement modalities and of course any questions you will have regarding to the process.

If your response is yes, kindly send a contact number where I could reach you in all privacy.

Best Regards,
Nicolas Lemue
Email: infobackground9@gmail.com

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