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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.Justin Kazin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kazinjustin1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:06:20 +0800
Subject: Re:

Attention Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Justin Kazin.I am an attorney.I am contacting you to ask for your urgent help,assistance and co-operation to help and assist me claim on behalf of my late client you share the same last name with as his next of kin the sum of $7.8Million United State Dollars from a bank.He died in 2006 without a will.

I assure and give you a 100% guarantee and assurance of all safety and risk free in the transaction and that everything will be legally arranged and executed that there will never be any problem for you in the transaction.

You will get 40% of the money for you help,assistance and co-operation once the money is transferred to your account.

Waiting on your response.

Regards


Mr.Justin Kazin

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