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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: "Mr. Lars Lippert" <larslippert@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrlarslippert@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:02:34 +0000
Subject: Dear Richard Spray




Dear Spray
I'm Barrister Lars Lippert, Private lawyer to Late Mr. Joseph Spray ,a national of your country, who used to work as the Estate Contractor at (La Sucrerie de COMPLANT de Benin S.A.) Here in Benin Republic West Africa, My client also His family Unfortunately lost their lives by accident. I discovered that my client had an account valued $14.5 million dollars. this fund where deposited in the Bank Remittance Benin,
As the lawyer to My Client, I received a letter from the Bank, they want me to provide the relative of My Client or have the account confiscated.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives,I have the privilege to present you as the relatives since you have the same surname with the deceased, so it will be very easy to make you his official next of kin, so that the proceeds of this fund can be paid to you and then you and me can Share the money 60% to me and 40% to you, And the way we are going to achieve this is I will need the following information from you, so that I will send more details to you.
Your Full Name, Address, Age, Occupation, Phone Number For Communication purpose. I await your reply ASAP
As soon as I receive your information I will send more details to you.
Best RegardsBarrister Lars Lippert EsqTel: +229-67622798

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