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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: "Euro Securities" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <euro_securities@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:11:20 -0400
Subject: INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF $6,000,000.00 FOR YOU

Euro Finance & Securities
30 bld. 1, Bolshaya Polyanka
Moscow, Russia.


Dear Beneficiary,




RE:- INSTRUCTION TO DELIVER YOUR TRUNK BOX IN OUR VAULT WORTH THE SUM OF (US$6 Million Dollars)



This is to notify you that your inheritance compensation is now approved for payment.


After due vetting and evaluation of files that was sent to us by European Central Bank Under the direct authorization of the Africa Development Bank to release your compensation fund.


We wish to inform you that your fund has been brought from Africa Development Bank to Euro Finance & Securities, for Safe keeping and delivery of this box to you, to enable our company deliver your trunk box to you.


Please do update this office if you can make it to Moscow to sign the bond release documents of this trunk box in our security vault. Do let us know if you can make it. This is very important, but if you cannot, you might be required to hire the service of an attorney or we can provide our legal representative to sign on your behalf but that will be at your discretion.



But to confirm that we are contacting the right beneficiary do re-confirm the following information’s, so that we can match them with the information’s we have here.

*Your Full Name
*Your contact Address
*Occupation
*Age
*Telephone for easy communication


Based on the fact that your inheritance had been delayed for a long time, we do advise that you take this mode of payment serious, also send copy of your reply to this
email ID : eurofinance@inbox.ru


Expecting your urgent response


Yours sincerely,

Basil Paterson
Manager Operations
Euro Finance & Securities

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