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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: "Mikail Kerr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m_776@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:15:15 +0530
Subject: This is very important ( From Mr. Mikail )

Hello

I know this message will come to you as a surprise but i want you to know that i have prayed and fast before i contacted you and
my spirit lead me to you, that you are the right person and i strongly believed it. Right now I have only about a few months to live,
according to medical experts. I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for.
Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members.
so I have decided to give also to charity organizations,
I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have not got any opportunity to distribute the funds to any charity
organization and my relatives are so greedy that all they want is to keep all the funds with them.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. that’s why i seek for a trust worthy partner.
My family refused to help me out, they prefer using my money for personal issues, so i don’t trust them anymore,
i just need to know if i can trust you , please i don’t want you to take this for granted because i just told you about my health
as i have less than 6 months to live,. now i have big interest in giving the needy those funds,i can only give you the information
on the current status of the funds and where its deposited if only you get back to me and assure me that the funds must be used
for the purpose as i explained above. The amount involved is $10.5 million US Dollars,
i will give you 10% of the funds so let me know if you are interested, trust me i’m real i know its weird hearing all this from a stranger,
I’m just being natural and plain. Just get back to me for further direction.

Best Regards,

Mr. Mikail Kerr

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