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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: "Corley Weber" <corleyweber@gmail.com>
Reply-To: corleyweber@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 06:46:52 +0700
Subject: Your Response Is Needed...




Dear Friend

I am Mr.Corley Weber, a barrister here in Benin Republic, I lost a client
for over four years now and nobody has shown up as the family member to my
late client.

I know this would come as a great surprise to you but the reason why I
contacted you is because i want you to stand as beneficiary to my late
client. I am also aware that you might not be directly related to him but
am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary to my client and i will back
you up as his personal attorney.

As a lawyer I am going to establish a legal connections between you and
the bank so that they can recognize you as the next of kin to claim the
funds of late Mr Matt Nielsen,be rest assured that all process will go
through legal banking procedures without any problems.

if you are capable of handling this. Forward me your info

Full Name...
Tel number.....
Age.....
Occupation.....
Country.....

Best Regard

Barr.Corley Weber

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