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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: Barrister Marry Lee <Marry7@officefil101.info>
Reply-To: <mrmarrylee@barid.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:05:04 +0300
Subject: From Desk Of Barrister Marry Lee

>From Desk Of Barrister Marry Lee
(An associate Member of Radcliffe Chambers)
Address:11 New Square, Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3QB
DX: 319, London Uk .
Email: mrmarrylee@barid.com


Attn; Sir

I hope that my proposal will not affect your believes or religion; I
have contacted you because you share the same last name with my client
Engr. Staphane who I represent.

I represented a client who passed on due a heart-related condition and
I believe with your assistance and for the reason that you share the
same last name with my client, we can receive the investments/deposits
of my deceased client ($15,500,000.00 USD) which he left in the Bank
of East Asia New York before his death.

All I need from you is honesty from your side and to keep all
transaction secret until we achieve this aim which will definitely
change our lives for good. If you agree to work with me, I have all
the proves and documents that I will present to the bank to enable
them transfer the money into your account with out any problem or
risk.

I will offer you 40% of the total money and we will set 5% for the
expenses incurred in the course of this transaction while 55% will be
for me.

If you agree for my proposition, you can write me a reply mail and
indicate your interest then I will give you further guideline on how
we will go about this transaction which will not take more than 14
working days to get the money transferred into your account from the
Bank of East Asia New York. Send me the following information so that
we can proceed.

Your Full Name
Full address
Age
Occupation
Mobile Number

I await your urgent response and corporation.

Thanks
Barrister Marry Lee
marrylee02@gmail.com

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