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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: "Steven morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stmorgan8@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:24:18 +0100
Subject: With Trust

Dear friend,

I assumes this E-Mail might be a surprise to you, but it is true.
I work with Standered chartered bank of south africa as an accountant, during our routines i and my colleauge discovered an account of $14,300, 000 which was not taken up.

This account belonged to Mr. Christian Eich, who was a customer in our bank, which unfortunately died in a plane crash with his family. we need the co-operation of a foreign partner like you.

you can read about it here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

30% of the total sum will be given to you while the remaining 70% is for me and my colleagues. if you are interested, please send me an email with the following, your full name, address and telephone number so we can send you more details.
please note that this transaction is very confidential

my email address stmorgan8@aim.com


Yours sincerely
Steven Morgan

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