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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?Larry=20Moore?= <moore_larry2020@yahoo.ie>
Reply-To: larrymoore1414@dearriba.com
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 21:24:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Help Needed


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: moore_larry2020@yahoo.ie

Dear Friend,

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the

fact that we have not yet met. I have to say that I

Have no intentions of causing you any pains. As you

read this, I dont want you to feel sorry for me,

because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name

is Larry Moore, a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I

have been diagnosed with prostate and esophageal

cancer that wa! s discovered very late due to my laxity

in caring for my health. It has defiled all form of

medicine and right now, I have only about a few months

to live according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I

never really cared for anyone not even myself but my

business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous,

I was always hostile to people and only focus on my

business as that was the only thing I cared for. But

now I regret all this as I now know that there is more

to life than just wanting to have or make all the

money in the world. I believe when God gives me a

second chance to come to this world I would live my

life a different way from how I have lived it. Now

that I know my time is near, I have willed and given

most of my properties and assets to my immediate and

extended family members and as well as a few close friends.


I have decided to give alms to charity organizations,

as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do

on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some

charity organizations in the U.A.E, London and

Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly,

I cannot do this my self any more. I once asked

members of my family to close one of my accounts and

donate the money, which I have there to charity

organization in Bulgaria, they refused and kept the

money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them

anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I

have left for them. The last of my money which is the

huge cash deposit that I have with security firm

Abroad .I will want you to help me collect this

deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.

I am writing this from my

laptop computer in my hospital bed where I wait for my

time to come.

Larry Moore.

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