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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: "Mr. Mrris .J. Moore" <account-6@myway.com>
Reply-To: mr.morrismoore@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:04:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Regards from Mr Morris Moore










FROM:MR.MORRIS MOORE.DEAR PARTNER I AM MR.MORRIS MOORE, BANK MANAGER, IN CUMBERLAND VALLEY NATIONAL BANKLONDON, UK. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND FULL CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENTWITH YOU. I AM CONTACTING YOU BASED ON TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY THATWILL BE ATTACHED TO THIS DEAL. ON AUDITTING OF FOREGIN ACCOUNTS IN MY BRANCH I DISCOVERED AN ABANDONEDSUM VALUED AT $100.5M(ONE HUNDRED POINT FIVE MILLION UNITED STATESDOLLARS) BELONGING TO LATE RICHARD ROSS.A PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEER, WHOLIVED AT MILL HILL, LONDON.UK.HE DIED SINCE 2000.AND HIS ACCOUNT HASBEEN LEFT DORMANT EVER SINCE HIS DEATH. THE MANAGEMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF OUR BANK IN A RECENT MEETINGLAST WEEK, RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACCOUNT OF RICHARD ROSS, WHO WAS ONE OFMY BRANCH DEPOSITOR, SHOULD BE DECLARED DORMANT, CONFISTICATED AND THEDEPOSITOR'S FUND SENT TO THE BANK TREASURY ACCORDING TO CUMBERLANDVALLEY NATIONAL BANK, BANKING AND FINANCIAL LAW.
INVESTIGATION REVEALS,THAT HE DIED WITHOUT MAKING ANY LEGAL WILL,IN ALL HIS OFFICIALDOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPER WORK HERE IN THE BANK, ANDALL ATTEMPTS TO TRACE ANY OF HIS RELATIONS WAS COMPLETELY ABORTIVE.HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF MY POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANT AND MEMBER OF THISBANK, I CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN MY NAME. THEREFORE; I SINCERELYSOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION AS A MATTER OF TRUST TO PRESENT YOU AS ADISTANT FRIEND TO LATE RICHARD ROSS, IN ORDER THAT OUR BANK WILL APPROVE THE ABOVE SUM TO BE RELEASED TO YOU AS BENEFICIARY AND THE FUND WILL BE WIRED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.I HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE MONEY THUS; 35% FOR YOU THE ACCOUNT OWNER 60% FOR ME 5% TO BE USED INSETTLING TAXATION AND ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND RISK FREE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN WHEN YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNTIN YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I ADVISE YOU SEND YOUR REPLY AND INCLUDE
YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU FOR MOREDETAILS. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS TRANSFER WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN 2WEEKS.AS I WILL USE MY POSITION AS THE BANK'S MANAGER TO SECURE ALL APPROVALS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO GUARANTEE THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF OURTRANSACTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS I WAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. YOURS FAITHFULLY,MR.MORRIS MOORE



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