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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Morgan" <rqa@bnslbd.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: morganmark426@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:38:52 +0600
Subject: Urgent




Dear Friend,

My name is Mark Morgan, I am an auditor general in a financial institution
in Dublin, Ireland. The name of this institution is Irish Life and
Permanent. While performing an audit few years ago, I discovered an
account, that has laid dormant since the 2003 and currently that same
account still remains dormant till date, this was again noticed during my
most recent audit. The account belongs to a  dead foreigner, late Mr. Said
Muhammad Ibrahim, who died in 2003. Every effort made to track any member
of his family or next of kin has since failed. For the past couple of
years, I was tasked by my firm to locate any of his relatives and if I was
unable to do so the money would naturally go to the necessary governmental
bodies. Due to internal corruption by my superiors, such funds are normal
shared among them in ways of executive bonuses.

My intention is to transfer this sum of $15.5M in the aforementioned
account to a safe account overseas. I am therefore proposing that you
quietly partner with me and provide an account or set up a new one that
will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. For your assistance in this
venture, I am ready to part with a good percentage of the entire funds.
After going through the deceased person's records and files, I discovered
that:

(1) No one has operated this account since 2003
(2) He died without an heir; hence the money has been floating
(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known
beneficiary
(4) During my attempts to locate an heir, it was discovered him, his wife
and only daughter died in and explosion in Iraqi during the war

Hence I got in contact with you to stand as his next of kin since I can
and will use my position here to get all the necessary documents that will
back you up as the next of Kin. He died leaving no heir or a will. If I do
not remit this money urgently, it would be forfeited and subsequently
converted to company's funds that will benefit only the directors of my
firm. This money can be approved to you legally as with all the necessary
documentary approvals in your name. However, you would be required to show
some proof of claim that I will provide you with and also guide you on how
to make your applications.

Please do understand that this project has been well thought of and
planned to ensure that we enjoy the proceed with absolute peace of mind.
Please note that I am doing this transaction based on my moral
justification and I believe that you will understand my position after
reading through this email. I am married with two children, one lovely
daughter and a son, I can assure you that with the way I have planned this
project, we can never have any kind of problems during and after this
transaction. I would very much love to provide the best available life for
my family. The modalities for the successful completion of the project
have been worked out carefully and we cannot go wrong as long as you
follow my instructions religiously and there is no risk or possibility of
failure if the project is given the high priority and dedication that it
deserves

Please my direct involvement in this process should not be mentioned to
anybody that will be contacting you from my company or else it will
jeopardize the entire transaction as you will be expected to make all
direct communications with the Head of the International Fund Remittance
Department of my company, while I will be behind the scene to tell you
what to do and say.

Please do give me a reply so that I can send you detailed information on
the modalities of my proposition. I completely trust you to keep this
proposition absolutely confidential. Kindly forward your telephone and fax
numbers where I can reach you easily. I look forward to your prompt
response.

Regards,
Mark Morgan

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