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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: "Mrs. Marina Luda" <webmaster@cloud-cluster.ru>
Reply-To: watsonalbert@yandex.ru
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:39:03 -0200
Subject: GOOD DAY


Hello,
I am Albert Watson,an attorney at law I am contacting you in respect to my=
late client (Mr.Sri Val Edmond) fund valued at (U.S Thirty Five Million Do=
llars). My client died with his entire family on a plane crash in Gulf Air =
Flight Crash,Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired August 23,2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET =
as reported on CNN,Visit the website for more details: http://transcripts.c=
nn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html
After 15years of legal battle his bank has resolved to pay his fund and i =
need you to stand as the beneficiary of the fund as i have no knowledge of =
any of his surviving relative. The fund will be shared in the ratio 60/40 r=
espectively immediately the bank transfers the fund to your account.
Kindly,send your full name & cell phone number to my private email: watson=
albert@yandex.ru
You can also call me at anytime on my cell phone +234-814-536-1891
Please treat this mail with utmost confidentiality as i look forward to yo=
ur reply.
Sincerely:
Albert Watson

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