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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: "Barr. H. Yong" <harrisony@lajt.hu>
Reply-To: harrisony@blumail.org
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:19:27 -0600
Subject: I NEED YOUR INTEREST!

Greetings!

I am Harrison Yong,a legal practitioner. I am contacting you base on the fact that a deceased client of mine who died in 2008,share the same last name with yours. leaving a deposit value of $11.6 million dollars.
The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin. My proposition to you is to seek your consent and to present you as the heir of my late client.

Contact me immediately for further details, if you are interested.

Best regards,
Harrison Yong (Esq),
Attorney at Law.

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