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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: morgan john <mjohn12@boursomail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:28:24 -0000
Subject: From Mr. john. I. Morgan




Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing
following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of
imense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
£10.5million British Pounds Sterling (Ten million five
hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris
Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in
the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which
crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only
daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting
this site.

collinsmayor:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to
come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I
personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that
the proceeds of this account valued at £10.5Million
British Pounds Stering can be paid to you. This will be
disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and
50% to you. I will secure all necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this
transaction through.I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Please, provide me the
following:
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response to my private
email:john_morgan@myway.com will be highly anticipated
and appreciated.
Best regards,
Mr. john. I. Morgan

_______________________________________________________

Toute la bourse en direct sur http://www.boursorama.com

Boursorama en temps reel par telephone au 0892 69 24 24

(0.337 E/mn)

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être recherchée. Le présent message n'émane pas de Boursorama ou de
l'un de ses collaborateurs ou salariés. En conséquence, il ne peut en
aucun cas être considéré comme une communication provenant de
BOURSORAMA.






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