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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: Beverly Murray <clayton.ballard.mccoy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: murraybev56@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 19:14:37 +0200
Subject:

MY DEAR,
My name is MRS BEVERLY MURRAY, a citizen of the United States of America, I
am married to Mr. Hubrey Huks murray who worked with American Embacy here
in Abidjan Ivory Coast he was a senior adviser to former Ambassador, my
husband was murdered on 04.04.2011 during the civil war here in Ivory Coast.
We were married for eleven years with only one child, I Have decided not to
remarry because, I don't want to have another child outside my matrimonial
home. He actually deposited the sum of $10million (ten one million U.S.
Dollars) with a Bank here in Abidjan.
The money is still with the Bank company. Due to my current situation of
health, I decided to find a good person that will help to invest this money
for my son and use it wisely. That is why I am taking this decision.I need
your address, telephone and fax contact so I can send you all documents
relating to the deposit. With God all things are possible. As soon as I
receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Bank, I also give you an authorization letter that will prove that you were
a partner to my late husband, we need to pray together because the lord is
our shepherd.
Please always be strong in prayer all your life. I look forward to your
response because I intend to know a little about you about you. In
addition, I want you to know that I undergoes surgery on my ear, which
ended badly so, I presently have a problem with deafness due to a lot of
shootings and the chock.
Up till now I am still taking treatments.
I need your support to transfer this fund to your bank account in your
country so that my son can be well looked after after my death with your
help of course. Sincerely it is because I am going through a difficult
financial situation that I wish to contact you. Please assure me that you
will act accordingly as I stated and I hope to hear from you soon so as to
give you all the details you may need.
For security reasons,I beg you to keep this transaction secret and
confidential.

MADAM BEVERLY MURRAY

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