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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: "GREG LAWRENCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <g.lawrence1@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 12:54:16 -0500
Subject: FROM: GREG LAWRENCE & Co. Solicitors........Most Urgent

FROM: Greg & Associates
Barrister Greg Lawrence Esq.,
(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)
GREG LAWRENCE & Co. Solicitors
g.lawrence1@yahoo.cn
 
 
FROM: GREG LAWRENCE & Co. Solicitors.
 
Attention:
 
We are London based solicitors working as representative solicitors to the United Nations, delegated to Nigeria for the investigation and payment
of all scam victims and all unreleased payments. In the course of a recently concluded 2010 investigations and subsequent arrests of suspected
fraudsters in African region, in collaboration with the present governments of Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso
and South Africa, the UN security operatives have so far arrested and prosecuted over 300 government and banking officials and arrest is still going on.
 
So far, the UN security operative has also recovered about $5.1 Billion from both cash in accounts and properties and assets confiscated.
It is from the address books of the arrested officials that your email address was recovered.
 
Right now, the United Nations (UN) and their Africa Union (AU) counterpart is paying a $3,000,000.00
compensation to those whose emails addresses and other personal data are recovered and also paying full contract or
inheritance and wining amounts to those with provable information qualifying them as genuine contractors and beneficiaries of funds in the affected countries.
 
Which Category do you fall? Have you lost money to scam? Or are you still in communication with anyone?
 
Are you a legitimate contractor and fund beneficiary in any of the affected countries? Please respond to this e-mail for your compensation payment to be released to you.
 
Please, indicate clearly as you get back to me for proper guidelines and details on how to receive this compensation OR your full payment.
 
Send your full names, address, direct phone numbers, occupation and state your claims to my email
 
g.lawrence1@yahoo.cn
 
 
We await your prompt response
 
Best regards,
 
Barrister Greg Lawrence Esq.,
FOR: Greg & Associates
(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)
GREG LAWRENCE & Co. Solicitors
g.lawrence1@yahoo.cn

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