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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: Steve Morgan <smorgan1155@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: smorgan155@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: letter


Good day to you.
  My name is Mr Steven Morgan and I work with a finance  house here in
london. I found your address through my  countries international Web
directory. During our last  meeting and examination of the bank accounts
here  london, my department found a dormant account with an  enormous
sum of US$ 10,500,000.00 (Ten million five  hundred thousand US dollar)
which was deposited by late  Mr. Christian Eich
Before is death he transferred the sum of  US$10,500,000.00 (Ten million
five hundred thousand US  dollar) to my bank here in London. From our
investigation he had no beneficiary or next of kin to  claim these funds.
Because of our financial house  regulations only one foreigner can stand
as next  relatives or next of kin. The request of a foreigner as  a next
of kin is base on the fact that the depositor was  a foreigner and
somebody in London cannot stand as the  next of kin.
I have tried my possible best to locate a Next of Kin to  late Mr.
Christian Eich,
but all efforts proved abortive, because all his family,  including his
Son In-Law and children died in the plane  crash of Concorde Air France
Flight AF4590 which took  place on 25th July 2000, some months after he
did the  deposit in my bank. You can read more story about the  plane
crash by visiting this website;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm
I need your permission to stand as the next relatives or  next of kin of
our deceased customer, so that the funds  can be released and transferred
to your account.
We need a foreign account, which could not be noticeable  in the time of
the transfer. I still work at the  financial house and that's the actual
reason that I need  a second party or person, to stand and work with me
and  apply to the bank here in London as the next of kin of  late Mr.
Christian Eich.
At the end of this transaction, I want you to put aside  60% for me and
the rest 40% for yourself for standing as  the next of kin of late Mr.
Christian Eich and also  providing a reliable account. I have in my
possession  all the necessary documents to have this transaction  carried
out successfully.
Further information will be provided upon the receipt of  your prompt
response and I shall give you a call for  further clarification. We do not
have too much time and  I want you to know that there is no risk involved
and I  fear that without your assistance everything will be  lost. Because
of the privacy kindly reply to my private  email address with the
following data:
Complete name,
Address,
Telephone
Fax number.
Thanks,
Best regards,
Steve morgan



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