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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: "David Mayall" <davidmayall2@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <davidmayall1@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:44:16 -0700
Subject: Hello.


Hello,


I am David Mayall, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr.Robert who died in a car crash with his immediate family in East London on the 5Th of November 2007 and Left behind a large deposit of money in a bank here in the UK (2.4 Million Pounds). The finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his Next of kin. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 50% to me and 40% to you and 10% setaside in case we incur any expenses while the transaction last. Please get back to me on my private email davidmayall1@hotmail.co.uk for further details.

NOTE: All corresponding email must be directed to this email.. davidmayall1@hotmail.co.uk


Regards.

David Mayall QC
Lamb Building
Temple
London
EC4Y 7AS

Phone: +44 871 915 2149
Cell: +44 703 180 4996
Fax: +44 844 774 1654

N.B
When calling you dial your country calling code which I think is 011+my number ( +44 871 915 2149 ). That is (011-44 871 915 2149 ). You can also confirm the code from your service provider

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