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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: GEORGE SAMORA <georgesamora@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:01:22 +0700
Subject: offer

Dearest Friend.

My name is Samora george. ,


I work for NatWestBank London. I write for an opportunity in my office that
will be of immense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 12.5 million USA
Dollars ( Twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an
American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on 1 January 2000 , including his wife
and only daughter .

You 'll read more about the crash on visiting this site. (
Http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/01/bn.02.html )

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where
You live , particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction. And
confidentiality here .

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
The claim but nobody has done it.

I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years
now , I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will
Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
12.5Million dollars can be paid to you .

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages , 60 % to me and 40 %
to you.

All I require now is your honest co-operation , Confidentiality and Trust
to enable us see this transaction through. I can guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.


We have 7 working days to run it through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.
Sincerely ,
Samora george

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