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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: paul mrozinsky <paulmrozinsky_mrozinsky@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:08:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED HERE .


Hello,
I am Paul Mrozinsky esq an attorney and solicitor at
law and a partner in the legal firm of James Walker &
Associates in United Kingdom.We are the attornies to
a deceased person who bears the same surname as you
and who before his death was the director of
operations of an oil company here in Europe.
The deceased Here in after shall be referred to as our
client, On the 21st of April 2001,my client, his wife
and their three children died in a fatal auto crash
ever since then we have made several enquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, We decided
to track his Last name over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family hence we contacted you.Our
client left a lot money in a bank here in United
Kingdom, as well as bought many other valuable
properties worth millions of dollars.
We have contacted you to repatriate his money and
properties before they get confiscated or the bank
accounts declared unserviceable.We have all documents
to this deposit and property all we require is your
assistance and co-operation as next of kin,so that we
can relocate especially his huge deposits to your
account for disbursement.
Kindly therefore respond immediately by return mail so that we can also provide
you more information on how we shall proceed .Please
furnish your confidential phone/mobile numbers so that
we can call you for more detailed discussion.
Your soonest response is anticipated and for all response and
correspondence use email contact address:paulmrozinsky_paul@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards,
Paul Mrozinsky esq
For James Walker & Associates
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:
The information transmitted is intended only for the
person or entity to which it is addressed and may
contain confidential and/or privileged material.If the
reader of this message is not the intended
recipient,you are hereby notified that your access is
unauthorized,and any review,dissemination,
distribution or copying of this message including any
attachments is strictly prohibited.If you are not the
intended recipient, please contact the sender and
delete the material immediately.


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