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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: Office Post <scxzmer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sarah.clay3@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:38:03 -0700
Subject: Good day!


Hello,

Good day!

I apologies for this strange message; My name is Sarah Clay an
account manager with Barclay's Bank here in United Kingdom. I have an
urgent inheritance opportunity for our mutual benefit, please kindly
read below for brief details.

A customer of our bank died from a Cardiac Arrest in the year 2002
without a registered next of kin to inherit his account worth £10.7
million GBP. (Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand British Pounds
Sterling). Fortunately, both of you share the same last name, so it
will be very easy to make you become his legitimate next of kin, and I
would like us to partner together and to benefit mutually in this
great opportunity, moreover, our bank has mandated me as the personal
account manager to the deceased to present any possible relative of
our customer before the end of this financial year which comes up in
November 2015.

My client has no formal entry for his next of kin during his account
opening process in 2000, so I have approached you with this proposal
as all my efforts to locate his direct relatives has remained
unsuccessful, and I want you to know that you are qualified to lay
claim to this fund without any hindrance, all you need is to follow my
instructions as an insider of the bank.

If you are interested in this deal, kindly respond to me so that I can
give you comprehensive details on how we can achieve success out of
this opportunity.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sarah Clay

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