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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: "Craig Foster" <barristercraigfoster@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 04:14:07 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Reply As Soon As Possible

Hello


How are you? I’m Barrister Craig Foster, a solicitor at law. Please I need your assistant for an urgent business collaboration that involves $30,000.000.00 Million U.S Dollar (Thirty Million United States of America Dollar).

All I require from you is your honest cooperation; and this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

I will send you the details on this transaction once I receive your responses.

 

Please acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail; ASAP and indicate your interest.

Send your reply to “barristercraigfoster@zoho.com”

 

 

Thanks for your kind attention,

 

Barrister Craig Foster, Esg

Eversheds LLP

115 Colmore Row, Birmingham,

West Midlands B3 3AL, UK

E-mail: “barristercraigfoster@zoho.com”

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