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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevesmrgn@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 20:07:54 +0100
Subject: Confidential Information

Good day,

My name is Steve Morgan, I work with the Finance Monetary auditing Unit here in the Netherlands, and we are in charge of auditing foreign account holders in all various banks here in Netherlands. I found your contact email address through my countries international Web directory.

During our last annual inspections of all various bank accounts here in the Netherlands, My department found a dormant account with an enormous sum of US$ 6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar) which was deposited by one late Mr. Jerry R. Williams a British citizen.

>From My investigation I found out that the late Jerry R.Williams has no beneficiary or next of kin to claim these Funds. (US$ 6,500,000.00) and to the law of my country here in Netherlands when an account is dormant for more than eight 8 years the authority has every tendency to confisticate the account, this is why am contacting you to stand and work with me and apply to the Bank in the Netherlands as the next of kin or beneficiary to this account since you are not a Netherlands citizen, with all support Proof documents to show for it with the help of my lawyer upon hearing from you.

I will need us to work together if you are interested and I assure you that I will provide all useful information’s and documentation that will enable us transfer this funds into your bank account legally without any problem. I would explain better to you on phone conversation upon hearing from you as I wait to hear from you soon.

Kindly write me directly with your contacts on my private email:stevesmrgn@aol.com

Best Regards,

Steve Morgan
stevesmrgn@aol.com

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