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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: abubakar salisu <salisuabu13@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:33:24 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,

With Due Respect , Iam Dr.John D.Morrison.Senior Advocate of Rep of Benin. ( SAB )
I am writing to seek your assistance to transfer money into any nominated
bank account in your country by you for lucrative investments.
This money belongs to my late client who died some years ago and the
bank instructed me to present a beneficiary or the money will be pushed
into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund, And amount involved is $45.3
million US Dollars, I have written to you before without response.I
am contacting you because you bear the same name with my late client,And
I believe that you will assist me with truth. I wait for your
immediate reply, if you are interested to help me.On your confirmation
of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with
more details through my private email address- jmorrisonatm11atgmail.com
NB.
THE MODE OF TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE FOR BOTH SIDES.
PLEASE,THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH ANY THIRD PARTY UNLESS
SOMEBODY THAT WILL BE OF HELP TO THE TRANSACTION THIS IS FOR SECURITY REASONS.

REPLY WITH THIS PROPOSAL SO I WILL KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE IS DELIVERED TO THE RIGHT PERSON.

THANKS FOR YOUR MAXIMUM COOPERATION IN ANTICIPATION.
Regards,
Dr.Stefan Oteh.



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