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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: Moor Davison <ed7293954@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moordavison@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 14:04:44 +0000
Subject: Saludos.

Greetings.

I have being waiting to hear from you since after my last mail to you
concerning the fund which I told you that was deposited by my late
client who bears the same surname with you I thought he might be your
relative so I am waiting for your response so I can be able to give
you more details about the fund and how you can be in contact with the
bank so that the bank can be able to transfer the fund to you as the
next of kin. Fund valued at 10.5 million Dollars.

With Kind Regard
Barrister Moor Davison (S.A.T)
Tel +228-99870811

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