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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: "Mr. Larry Brady" <lieutenant.general4jhsmith@gmail.com>
Reply-To: larrybrady19@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:39:04 +0100
Subject: Please treat the matter as very urgent.

Hello Dear

Writing to confirm the fact if you are (DEAD or ALIVE) and failure to
reply back in the next 6hrs simply means you are DEAD.

Reply this message immediately you receive it, I have been waiting for
you to contact me for your ATM Master Card valued abandoned sum of
$5.5 Million Belonging to you the intimate rightfully the beneficiary,
but I did not hear from you. Please contact this office for effective
delivery.

Now that your ATM Master card is still available and ready for your
receiving, Therefore you can come down here to our bank to pick up
your card from my direct office or alternatively it can be arranged
ship to your address registered through any reliable courier service
company will take care That You of the courier charge, hope it is
cleared and accepted by you? I do not know the courier cost of
shipping the card to you but if you permit me and accept the terms,
Then I can make an inquiry from the courier shipping company to find
out the cost, but in case you Que will be required to forward to me
your address where you want to receive the card to enable me find out
the shipping cost to your location.

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full details.
1) FULL NAMES:
2) DELIVERY ADDRESS:
3) PHONE NUMBER/FAX:
4) COUNTRY:

Do not hesitate to email me on (larrybrady19@hotmail.com) as soon as
you read this mail. Thanks for your co-operation and i wait for your
kind positive Answered.

Yours Faithfully,

Regards
Mr. Larry Brady.

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