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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: Aexil John <barrmkesq1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aexiljohntogo01@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 22:49:42 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear Friend

Please accept my apologies, I do not want to invade your privacy .I am
Barrister Aexil John i wrote ealier mail to you but no answer.In my
first post i informed you about my late client Albert,which bear the
same surname with you.After his death i received several letter from
the bank where he made a deposit of us$14M (fourteen million United
States dollars).before his death.The bank ask me to provide his next
of kin or any of his relative who may make his claim to the
fund,otherwise it will confiscated by the bank because i could not
locate any of his relative hence i contacted you for this claim since
you have the same surname with him.After your reply i shall give you
the details and the procedure of the transaction ,waiting to hear from
you.

Yours faithfully,
Barrister.Aexil John.
Private Line +228-90-75-33-83.

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