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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: Felix Lawrence <felix_l@blumail.org>
Reply-To: felix.lawrence@qip.ru
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 14:52:59 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL TRUST URGENT REPLY

CONFIDENTIAL TRUST URGENT REPLY

Dear Partner,


I want to transfer ($9,300.000.00) Nine million three hundred thousand
United States Dollars from here in Burkina Faso to overseas account.

Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of
the bank will welcome any foreigner who has correct information to
this account which I will give to you immediately, if you are
interested to do this business with me. Please reply with the
assurance, include your private telephone and fax numbers, it is
necessary to facilitate an easy communication in this transaction. As
soon as you reply, so that i will let you know the next step to follow
in order to finalize this transaction immediately.

Upon your response and strong assurance that you will not let me down
once the fund goes into your account. I will let you know the origin
of the fund and the transfer procedures without delay.

Best regards,
Mr. Felix Lawrence.

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