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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: Tom Hart<smtp@quicksendemail12.com>
Reply-To: tomhartt03@gmail.com
Date: 29 Apr 2024 01:23:00 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply

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 Kingdom. In my department, we discovered
an amount of GBP18.5 Million in an account of one of our foreign
clients (Mr. Robert William, from New Jersey, USA) 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 Uk financial inheritance laws, monies unclaimed by
a Uk financial institution after a period of 15 years will be
reported to the Uk 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 Uk 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 I 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,

Dr.Tom Hart

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