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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: "Mr./Mrs. Adrian Gillian Bayford Charity Donation Fund"
<mr.raymondmorgan1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: br.raymondmorgan@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:43:04 -0700
Subject: Dear Beloved!



--
Good day!

You might be surprised because we have not met before and am Afraid
many things are going on now the internet, but this is the only way I
can thank the Lord for what he has done for me and my family, and also
to help others. My wife and I won One Hundred and Forty Eight Million
Six Hundred and Fifty Six Thousand British Pounds (£148,656,000.00), and
we have done lots of charity donation, so we decide to give One Million
Pounds (£1,000,000.00) each to 5 lucky unknown individuals in any part
of the world, luckily your email was given to us by Google management as
one of our lucky recipients after the balloting.
Congratulations to you and your Family.

for further information please visit;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314643/Couple-scooped-148m-Euromillions-jackpot-receive-40-begging-letters-week-admit-read-dont-ask-dont-get.html,
and reply with your

Full Name
Residential Address and
Cell Phone number to;

Br. Raymond Morgan
E-mail: Br.raymondmorgan@gmail.com
Best Regards,
Mr./Mrs. Adrian Bayford.
God Bless You.

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