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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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Fraud email example:

From: Azly Bin Oman <chjung@inocompany.co.kr>
Reply-To: Azly Bin Oman <chamberslaw@legislator.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 05:42:00 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Greetings

Greetings,

I am sorry for contacting you through this medium without a previous notice. My name is Barrister Azly Oman, a Senior Advocate and legal consultant in practice, My client lost his his wife and only child in (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370) plane crash on the Friday, 8 March 2014,

He secured a contract of Nine million seven hundred thousand united states dollars from the Kingdom of Bahrain, following which was successfully executed the contract, but the balance of Nine Million Seven hundred thousand contract payment , was in the Process of being transferred into his Account which he submitted to the Bahrain Government before he lost his life in the plane crash.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, you can also contact me on my private EMAIL:( chamberslaw@legislator.com).

Best Regards,
Barr.Azly Oman Esq.

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