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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: "Dr Melvin Mobley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mobleymelvin820@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 05:24:17 -0300
Subject: Msg: Classified Information 26/10/2013

NatWest Bank London
39-45 Tottenham Court Rd
Bloomsbury, Greater London
+44 703 1990 153
Dear Friend,
First of all, I seek your indulgence to solicit for your assistance concerning the content of my e-mail, although I am not comfortable discussing it through this manner, due to lots of unsolicited mails on the internet presently, do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics.
 
I will introduce myself as Dr. Mobley Melvin, a staff in the accounts management section of the above firm here in the United Kingdom. One of our accounts with holding balance of $4,500,000(Four Million five hundred United States Dollars) has been dormant and has not been operated for the past 10 years.
>From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account,a foreigner by name Kurt Kahle died in July, 2000 see this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm  and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the account nor the funds.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a senior official of this company and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds from the deceased and funds released to you after due processes have been followed.This transaction is totally free of risk  and troubles as the fund islegitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.
On receipt of your response I will furnish you with detailed clarification as it relates to this mutual benefit transaction. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible if you are interested. Please get in touch with me On My Private E-mail Address:
Email: mobleymelvin820@yahoo.com
PHONE NO:  +44 703 1990 153
Providing the following informations below if you are interested, do not duplicate this message to any other person.
YOUR FULL
NAME.............
ADDRESS....................
PHONE......................
NATIONALITY................
SEX........................
AGE........................
OCCUPATION.................
It is necessary that you respond immediately you get this message for further clarification and information.
Best regards,
Melvin Mobley

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