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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- verificationdpt08@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Morgan Collins Cole" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <verificationdpt08@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:00:04 +0100
Subject: Treat As Urgent If You Receive It

Attn: Sir/Madam

I am Mr. Morgan Collins Cole the claims processing officer in the Google Mail National Lottery. The Purpose of my writing you this letter is to inform you that I saw your email listed in our central computer among unpaid lottery beneficiaries.

Your email appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who is to receive the sum of One Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Britain Pounds (1,750,000.00 GBP) won by you in the January 2010 edition of the Google Mail Online National Lottery in which your email attached to Reference Number GMAIL/370/247 was selected anonymously and emerged as one of the lucky Twenty selected email addresses. I have sent several emails but got no response from you.

However, I received an application for claim from one Mr. Morris with a different email address who claimed he is your next of kin, claiming that you are dead and by right as your next of kin he is entitled to the
above mentioned amount. He also submitted his bank account particulars where he wants the said fund transferred to.

Could you please confirm if the email address I used in sending you this message, which I saw in our records is still valid because Mr. Steve Morris claimed that your email address is no longer valid.

If I don't to hear from you after 72 hours from the date I sent you this message, I will consider my investigation a waiste of time and conclude that Mr. Morris claim is right and we shall have no other option than to act accordingly to his instruction.

Please treat as urgent by sending a copy of your reply to ( verificationdpt08@gmail.com )

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Morgan Collins Cole
Claims Processing Officer

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