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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. Stanley" <law.mstanley@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:27:08 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION""

Greetings:

This letter might come to you as a surprise, due to the way I got your contact. I’m so pleased to confide this secret with you as long as you don’t betray me at the end. However, I’m Mr. Stanley K. Malcolm, a Legal Adviser, l have a record of an unclaimed Estate proceed left behind by a deceased Contractor who died with his family in an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus 330 crashes while trying to land near Tripoli airport Libya in 2010.

l am contacting you to seek for your co-operation to stand in as a possible intestate heir to the deceased since you share the same last name and there was no WILL or LAST TESTAMENT to the proceed of this Estate liquidated at $6.5Million US Dollars, it could be paid to you under my supervision for a mutual benefit before the Probate reference is revoked for a lack of Executor/Executrix.

If you agree to this confidential consultation l will advise on the program of work to expedite this claim through a legitimate arrangement avoiding all risks and hurdles’ I can be reached on my private Email: law.mstanley@gmail.com. I look forward to hear from you soon.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Stanley K. Malcolm (ESQ).

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