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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.nazarianmsi@ono.com" <mr.nazarianmsi@ono.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 08:56:00 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?_ASSALAMU_ALAIKUM,=E2=80=8F=E2=80=8F?=

Greetings,

My name is Mr.Nazarian Morsi I am a banker. It is true that
we have not meet each other in person, but I strongly believe in trust
and friendship in every business. as I am contacting you independently
of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I
need your urgent Cooperation in transferring the sum of $11.3 Million
dollars immediately to your private account.The money has been here in
our Bank lying dormant for years now without anybody coming for the
claim of it.

The fund belong to our deceased Customer Mrs.Shannel
Lake who perished along with her family since January 31 2000. The
Banking laws here does not allow such money to stay more than 16
years,that is the reason why i need your Cooperation in transferring
the money to your bank account so that we can use it to secure the
future of our both families because i don't want the money to be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. By indicating your
interest I will send you the full details on how the business will be
executed. Please keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you
are not interested. Please, kindly reply me back through my private
email address for more explanations (mr.nazarian_morsi5000@outlook.com)



My best regards,

Mr.Nazarian Morsi.
MOBILE:+226 79 76 37 91,

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