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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: "Mr.Lucas Morrison" <mr.lus.morris11@mail.ru>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 03:28:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thanks and best regard,


FROM: Mr. Lucas Morrison.
The Manager, Audit/Account Section
African Development Bank. (A.D.B.)
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.
  
Attention please,
 
How are you today, Hope all is well? Please be informed that I have mail you earlier without been respond. Here l contacting  you for a fund transaction worth the sum of US$19,300,000.00 into your reliable bank account as the sole NEXT-OF-KIN to the foreign deceased customer of our bank (an International Billionaire French Businessman) who was killed with his entire family by PLANE-CRASH in Central England almost 5 years ago. Since his death occurred, no body has show up as his next of kin for the claim because the account is untraceable. Upon the investigation I carried out from his records, I found out that his foreign business consultant who would have trace the account died earlier before the deceased.
 
For the success of this transaction, i need your assist and act as the only existing NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased which our bank will replace the deceased account information through proper documentation in position of your own account. This transaction is risk-free, it will never harm your good reputation in your society because no one can trace the account, and on the instant of the transfer of the fund into your account, the chapter of this transaction will be closed entirely.
 
Note that in a business of this nature, the bank don’t want to know your difference between the deceased country, religion or believe because our bank inheritance law is against that. And all the information and data's you will need to make successful claim of this fund in the Bank are fully ready with me now.

Please urgently confirm your willingness and interest to assist by filling and sending back to me the needed information below.  1.   Your full name; 2.   Your phone Telephone and fax numbers ;  3.   Your age;  4.   Your sex; 5.   Your occupation;  6.   Your country and city.
 
Thanks and best regard,
Mr.Lucas Morrison.



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