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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?david=20morgan?= <davidmorgan11@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: davidmorgan782003@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 21:57:33 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CALL ME


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : davidmorgan11@yahoo.fr

Barr.David Morgan & Co. Chambers

Solicitors & Advocates.

06 BP 1409 Akpakpa Dodomey,

Cotonou - Benin Republic.

Private Ph+229-97-22-39-54

Reply to this Email:davidmorgan782003@latinmail.com


Attn:


I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail,if the contents does not meet

with your personal and business ethics,I appologise in advance.I am David Morgan, the Personal Attorney to late Mr Edward K. Manta, who was a contractor with emelite gold mining company here in Benin. And on the 3rd of Oct 2000, my client,and his family were perished in a ghastly car accident along Midombo Togo express way.But my client made a fixed deposit valued at (USD$19.8M) and upon the maturity this bank started contacting him but no response. Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated after four years, as the law of this land says.


Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients

extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. Since i have been unsuccesfull

in locating the relatives for over two years now I seek your consent to present you as

the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $19.8M can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.


I know that you might be wondering why i have decided to trust you with this huge sum, but the truth is that i need you to get this money out and considering the fact that you are a foreigner which makes it a lot easier and straight forward. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further about this claim.


Best regards,

Barrister David Morgan (Esq)

LLB HONS



- david morgan


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