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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: "Murphy RICHARDS" <murphrich1@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:36:02 +0000
Subject: REPLY NEEDED

Compliments

I am Murphy Richards, an accountant with ROYAL TRUST BANK PLC. I was the
personal accountant to Mr. Mark, a national of your country who used to work
with SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Nigeria. My client Mr. Mark, was
born on the 21st of April 1960 but died in a fatal plane crash on his
journey from Lagos to Abuja{F.C.T} for a contract.

Unfortunately Mr. Mark, never had a family of his own his parents were
already late and he was their only child. Prior to his death he deposited
the sum of 15 million U.S Dollars with ROYAL TRUST BANK PLC, with the hope
of transferring it later to his country when he would be due for leave.

Since his demise, I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my late client’s extended relatives but to no avail. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contactyou through this mail. I
urge you not to forsake this opportunity because am ready and willing to
assist you to repatriate the money and property left behind by my late
client before they get confisticated or declared unserviceable by the
security company where the deposit was made.

Apparently, ROYAL TRUST BANK PLC has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin to Mr. Mark or have the money confiscated within the next 10 official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over four months now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this deposit are sent to you and
then you and I can share the money .50% to you and 50% to me.

Please feel free to give me your own opinion on this transaction modality if
you wish. All necessary legal documents are available for this transaction.
Your honest cooperation is highly needed if we must see this transaction
through.
N.B: Please you must not have a record of adult felony conviction or
equivalent criminal charges dismissed either by course of any federal or
state court agency, or law enforcement agency of any jurisdiction and must
be of legal age in the country.

Please feel free to use any of these alternative email addresses should any
reply from you murphyrichards01@yahoo.com,, murphyrichards@latinmail.com.

Best regards.

Murphy Richards



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