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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: philip monagon <monagon1914@msn.com>
Reply-To: <monagon123@live.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:15:59 +0000
Subject: please reply



Hello,


My Name is Philip Monagon, principal attorney to Monagon and Darlington Associates. here in London. My email has come to your firm because i seek your consent to be presented as next of kin to my late client so that his funds with a finance firm here will be released to you. This is because, he died intestate and did not leave any address or trace to any of his relations in your Country. Since his death in 2004, i have tried my best to locate any relation here in London and out there but have yielded no results. The finance firm in question have written a last warning letter to me informing me that the said funds will be reverted back into government coffers as unclaimed bills if i fail to present relations to my late client by the end of their Fiscal year.



If you are willing to offer me half (which is non negotiable)of the funds on payment cleared, I can provide all vital information and obtain all vital paperwork from all authorities concerned to prove you as executor to the said fund lying dormant with the finance firm.



If you are satisfied with my proposal, i will proceed with a Memorandum of Understanding which we must sign to protect my interest and assuring me that you will not sit on my share of the fund when it hits your account. I will release full detailed information regarding my late client, the amount involved and the finance firm where this fund is lodged to you after we have signed the MOU.


--
Philip Monagon

Liverpool- United kingdom



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