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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: "Jackson Hall"<corin@kylemurphy.co.uk>
Reply-To: jacksonhall.hsim@gmail.com
Date: 07 Jan 2024 11:18:50 -0500
Subject: Greetings!

Dear friend,

Please excuse me for invading your privacy. I am currently
seeking partnership investment in your country as I intend to
invest in your country as long as you are able to work with me
and run this business. You don't know me, but I received your
information while searching for business partners in your
country.

I am the chief auditing and accounting officer of a reputable
bank here in the United States. In my department, we discovered
an amount of USD 18.5 million in an account of one of our foreign
clients (MR. Bohdan Jakub from Czech Republic) who died in a car
accident in July 2015 along with his entire family . Since we
received information of his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin or relatives to be the deceased as stated in our
banking policies and laws, but unfortunately we have learned that
all of his supposed next of kin or relatives died along with him
in the automatic crash. No one behind the claim. Upon this
discovery I have decided to bring this business proposal to you
and release the money to you as relatives or relatives of the
deceased for security reasons and for later payment as no one is
coming for this and we do not want money to go into an unclaimed
bill to access the bank.

Upon this discovery I have decided to bring you this business
proposal and to facilitate the release of this money for you as a
relative of the deceased client as no one is coming for the
claims. Under US financial inheritance laws, monies unclaimed by
a US financial institution after a period of 15 years will be
reported to the US government as unclaimed monies. So the
government will officially adopt this fund at the end of this
fiscal year and I don't want these funds to be reported to the US
government. Rather, I want us to work together and release the
funds to you so that we can issue some to charity in your
country.

I will assemble all the necessary legal documents that will be
used to secure our claim and all I need is your honest
cooperation so we can go through with this deal. I guarantee that
this will be done under a legitimate agreement that will protect
you from breaking the law. Please contact me via email so we can
discuss further details. I can send you my international passport
and have 20+ years banking experience and it is 100% risk free
once you follow my guidelines.
Please provide the following details as we have a few days to do
so. This is very important please.

1. Full Name:
2. Your direct mobile number:
3. Your contact address:
4. Your profession:
5. Your Nationality:
6. Your gender / age:
I will explain it to you in more detail once I receive your
reply.

Best regards,
Mr Jackson Hall

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