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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: Dular Lavis <dularlavis100@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:40:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello


Good day Friend,

I work with a bank in 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. he his a foreigner and is only a foreigner who can claim this funds from my bank,I need your assistance,It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to seek your assistance to transfer the funds to your account 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,This business is 100% Risk free ,if you are interested to assist me  Please furnish me the information below.

Your Name……/ Phone Number....

Let me hear from you for more details.

Best Regards.
Dular Lavis.

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