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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: harison morgan <harison.morgaan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: morgan.harison@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:32:02 +0530 (IST)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND


















DEAR FRIEND

I hope that this message might not come to you as
a surprise.
 
 I am one of the directors in a financial insitution
here in BURKINA FASO.There is  a deceased client of our bank, who died with his
wife and left the sum of $ 22.5 M DOLLAR on the date of 1st june 2009 in  Air France
Flight 447, this  is an operating a cheduled  international passenger
flight from Galeao International
Airport  in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to Paris
...which crashed in the Atlantic
Ocean.
 

Pls check the site and view it:
http://www.nowpublic.com/
world/air-france-flight-447- passenger-list-204-names-32-
nationalities
 
The  names of the clients with his wife  are... Michael
Harris and Anne
Harris.
 
He lost his life with his wife leaving the huge fund
without any next of kin.I want us to work together and get this fund transfered
out of this bank.
 
You should reply back and I will guide you on what to
do

MR.Harison
Morgan

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