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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: Micheal Peter <micheal_peter@e1.ru>
Reply-To: Micheal Peter <drmichealpeter45@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 14:46:40 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DID YOU RECEIVE MY LAST EMAIL??


 123 Stoke Newington High Street
London N16 0PJ
+44 705 3827287


Good Day,


I am Micheal P. Foster , an attorney at law with Micheal P. Foster  Chambers. A deceased client of mine, that shares the same last name as  yours died as the result of a heart-related condition on March 12th  2014.

His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the tsunami in USA 2013. And in the  record there is no known successor to this deposit  of the deceased who died without a will.

I have to contact you to come up as the next of kin so that we  can   receive the USD45.5 M  left behind before it is confiscated or declared  unserviceable by the bank. You  will be  rewarded   with 25% of the total amount  for your  assistance.

The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the  account will be confiscated. Since you  are  sharing same name,  I will  like you to acknowledge the receipt of this email as soon as possible   and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity since it  involved  huge  amount and  has to do with trust.


I look forward to your quick reply.

Best regards,



Micheal P. Foster
+44 705 3827287

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