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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: "Attorney Barr. Steve Morris Esq." <childmoney@qq.com>
Reply-To: "Attorney Barr. Steve Morris Esq." <barristerstevenx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 06:45:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Can I Trust You?


Compliment of the day,

I am Attorney Barr. Steve Morris an account operator to late (Mr. Michael
) a nationality of your country who unfortunately died on the Terrorist
attack in Liverpool London on the dated 7th July 2005. Since the death of
(Mr.Michael) I as his account operator have made several inquiries to
locate his relations to come up for the inheritance claim , without any
success

I came across your name on the course of my personal searching for my late
relations/next of kin so i decided to contact you for this project.I am
contacting you to assist in securing the wealth left behind in a fixed
deposit account by my late client (Mr.Michael) before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where my late client operates an
account The board of Directors of the bank has issued and spread a notice
that after 2 months from now and no relation shown up for the claiming of
the said funds, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable .

Since The board of Directors of the bank have locate my client relatives
for sometimes now, it's on this note that I seek your consent to present
you as the relation/next of kin to my late client that the proceed of this
deposit can be released into your account. The amount deposited (GBP 9.8M)
,i will agree with you on 40% for you while 60% for me ; I guarantee that
this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will
protect you from any breach of the law. Upon your response, furnish me
with:

Your full name and address
Your telephone and fax numbers
Your occupation and age


As soon as I receive all these information from you I will present it to
the bank Directors that I have locate the relation to my late client since
they asked that I should provide the next of kin for them to release the
inheritance fund. Let me hear from you once you acknowledge my email.

Yours faithfully,
Attorney Barr. Steve Morris Esq.

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