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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: "Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.gmsolicitor@lawyer.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:20:36 +0100
Subject:

This is to inform you that COCA-COLA PROMOTION has selected you for a cash prize of (£500,000.00GBP) held on the 5th of November 2010 in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 21,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

please contact our claims agent;
Dr.Mike Morgan
Email: mr.gmsolicitor@lawyer.com

Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone

Yours faithfully,
Name: DR.MIKE MORGAN
Tel: +44703 181 5955
Email: mr.gmsolicitor@lawyer.com

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