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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: "Deryck Barr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deryck.barr@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 06:28:18 -0400
Subject: Re:

Hello,

I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Deryck Barr, a Solicitor at Law, based in the United Kingdom. I have a proposition that I would like to discuss with you.

Please you can contact me on my alternative email: deryck.barr@hotmail.com for effective confidentiality or you can possibly send me your telephone and fax number to enable me give you more details of my proposal. Hope to hear from you soon.

I truly appreciate your time and understanding.

Deryck Barr

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