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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: "Mrs. Mary Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marymoore73@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 02:47:45 -0700
Subject: I need your help45

Hi Dear ,
I am Mrs.Mary Moore,48yrs old without a child of my own from  Mauritius in Africa but base in London UK, I am
 
the wife of late Dr. Johnson Moore,a gold miner the owner of Moore Ind. Ltd. who died after a brief illness
 
that lasted for only Six days last year.
 
before the death of my husband, he told me that he deposited a box in a security company containing Eight
 
Million,Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(us$8.6 million dollars)only . Although my late husband did not disclosed the real items of the
 
deposited box to the officials of the security company, all he did was to register the box as precious home
 
items and he gave me the documents in which he used to deposit the box and the name of his attorney
 
which i have called and confirm that the box is still in
the security company waiting for me to fly down for the claim as his next of kin but due to my poor
 
health condition, i cannot travel as advice by my doctor here in London because i am suffering from cancer of the
 
lounges
 
and i have few mounts to live on this earth but as a strong believer of God.
My last WISH  and HAPPINESS is to share the above mentioned money when claimed by you as my next of kin,is
 
to give out 50% of the total sum to charity organization in African and Asia while 30% for you as my helper in
 
this venture 15% will be send to my mother  in Mauritius in Africa by you as soon as you have claim the box
 
while,5% map out to re-fund  any expenses the lawyer may  have been invested during the  processing of the change
 
of ownership documents in
 
your favor as my next of kin.
 
finally, if you accept this terms kindly get back to me by sending your full name,
address,direct  private Mobil phone and copy of either  your current international passport or driver's
 
license so that i will forward them to my late husband attorney and officially introduce you to him so that  both
 
of you  will get to know each
 
other  for the processing of all related document related to the release of the box to you as my next of kin.
 
your honest response will be appreciated.
 
Best regards,
Mrs.Mary Moore
mrsmarymoore92@gmail.com

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