419 scam: "Mrs.Dular Lavis" <dularlavis@gmail.com> Good day

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Dular Lavis" <dularlavis@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 08:38:44 +0000
Subject: Good day

How are you,

I am Mrs Dular Lavis,Accountant (B.O.A),I work with a bank in Burkina
Faso west africa, I have a business transaction for you.In my
department i discovered an abandoned sum of ($10.2 Million US
Dollars). In an account that belongs to Mr.Gabriela Dechat who died
along with his supposed next of kin. Since his supposed next of kin
died along side with him, there is nobody to claim the left over
balance in the account. It is therefore upon this discovery that I
decided to seek your assistance to present you to my bank as the
beneficiary of the funds,
If you accept i would give you the guide lines of how we can achieve
this transfer of the balance ($10.2Million Dollars) to your
account.the fund will be share 50/50%. by both of us,I hope to hear
from you for more details.

My Regards.God bless you.
Mrs.Dular Lavis.

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