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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: "me_lawson_henry@t-online.de" <me_lawson_henry@t-online.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:05:46 +0100 (MET)
Subject: PARTNERSHIP






Hello,

I sent you several letters about getting a relationship with you, but I
have not yet received a response from you. My name is Mr. Henry Lawson, I'm
the Chief Audit and Accounting Department UNION BANK - IVORY COAST
(BDU-CI), I contacted you to help me to receive the sum of one hundred and
ten million six hundred thousand Euros (€ 110,600.000) left by one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash 12
years from now, even his nearest heir parent was also involved in this
incident. That is why I contacted you to represent you as the beneficiary
or family member because there is nobody to claim the funds deposited in
our bank since the funds will soon be confiscated by the Bank management.
We will discuss sharing in relation to your answer.



For more explanation contact me through my email:



me_lawson_henry@t-online.de <mailto:me_lawson_henry@t-online.de>



Regards.





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