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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 Peterson Sadler <ps188426@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Barrister Peterson Sadler <pslawconsult@8u8.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:15:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Information About Your Relative Inheritance


I am Peterson Sadler Esq, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Raymond who had Left behind a large deposit of 9.8 Million Pounds in a Bank here in the UK.

The Finance Bank contacted me, as his attorney to provide his Next of kin who should inherit his fortune and you have the same last name with my late client, So I believe you are related to him. Contact me on my private email so I can give you more details about this inheritance This is my E-mail pslawconsult@8u8.com and my private phone Numbers: +44 701 114 8507. for further details read the attachment in this email for more explanation.

Hope to hear from you soon

Regards.
Barrister Peterson Sadler
Solicitor & Notary

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