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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: "Michael Laurich" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <MichaelLaurich1@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:41:49 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Dear friend

 

I am Micheal Laurich   a Financial consultant/broker  I  specialize in providing holistic financial planning advice, strategies and solutions  to client .

 

 

I wish to solicit for your partnership to  collaborate  with me to retrieved an outstanding fund 12.7 Million British Pounds Starlings only belong to my late client  who co-incidentally bears the same last name with you but not related to you ; unfortunately his only son been the heir to the fund  passed away with him in a aghast auto crash so many years back leaving a vacuumed to be fill having  divorced his wife ; unfortunately  none of his family relation knew that such fund exist

 

The bank where my late customer deposited the fund have mandated me to produce his next of kin or have the fund confiscated by invoking abandoned property degree of 1936 in accordance with the law of United Kingdom.

 

It was in this circumstance I decided to communicate with you believing that you  have the potential to handle this project

 

I hereby assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and will be conducted in a legitimate manner without any financial misconduct. I should respect your trust on me as the financial adviser to the late client.

 

The fund will be share in the following ratio; You will be entitle to 50% ; 40%  for me while 10% will take care all expenses in the process of the fund transfer

 

Kindly contact me immediately by furnishing me with your complete Information

 

Direct phone number

 

Mobile phone number

 

Nature of job/position,

 

Marital status

Your postal Address

Your full names

Your age

On receipt of your response, I will send you the documents pertaining to the deposit of the fund and engage the service of an attorney to carry out the legal documentation that will compel the bank to recognize you as the next of kin and release the fund to you.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Michael Laurich

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