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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: "henry" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:47:19 +0800
Subject: Inheritance Claims

Compliments,

I am Mr Henry Richard, expert in corporate and legal claims. I do not intend to cause any grief to you and your family. The reason for sending this mail is very fundamental to the doctrine of human privileges and right. I?m a legal practitioner based in United Kingdom and the personal attorney to late Mr. Andrew Morrison, who died on 20th April 2009 after suffering from colon cancer,

My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, an oil merchant here in United Kingdom and he left behind a deposit of Eleven Million Nine Hundred Thousand Pound Sterling, only (£11.9M) in a the Bank here in United Kingdom.

After the death of my client, The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this fund within 3 months or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.

I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account. I therefore seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased.

I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up your claim. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I can assure you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.

Please if you are interested, kindly provide the following information below to (henryrichardd@gmail.com or richardwalterh@gmail.com) to enable us proceed further in this transaction.

Full names
Telephone #
Occupation

Yours sincerely,
Mr Henry W Richard.

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