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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: "Andrew Azazi" <andrewazazi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewazazi@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 20:17:17 -0300
Subject: Re: Good day dear

Greetings Friend;

I am Mr Andrew Azazi Director of bills/exchange at the foreign remittance
department of Morgan Stanley Bank. In my department, I discovered an
abandoned sum of $30.5m (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars only) in an account that belonged to one Late Mr. Paul Louis
Halley is a French, who died along with his wife Annik Jacqueline, in
2003, in a ghastly plane crash. Since we got the information about his
death, I have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and file a claim
as next of kin over his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applied for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our Security guidelines.

Please see website for more information.
http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based on
this I decided to establish a cordial business relationship with you,
hence by contacting you.I want you to present yourself as the next of kin
to Late Mr. Paul Louis Halley, so that the funds can be remitted into your
account. Moreover,i do not want the money to go into the government
account as unclaimed bills. The Security law and guidelines here
stipulates that any account abandoned or is dormant for a period of years,
is deemed closed and all money contained therein forfeited to the
government treasury account.

Now, it is being speculated that the above sum will be transferred into
the government account as an unclaimed fund on or before the end of this
financial quarter of 2016, when nobody come forward to lay claims. The
reason for requesting your assistance, is occasioned by, the fact that the
deceased (Late Mr. Paul Louis Halley) was a foreigner, and I have access
to his detailed bio data which you will hold as a weapon to present
yourself as the next of kin to Late Mr. Paul Louis Halley.

The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the money into your
account, shall be 60% to me and for the role you will be expected to play
in this deal, I have agreed to give you 40% of the total sum, Therefore,
you are expected to reply this letter indicating your readiness and
interest to participate in this business. After receiving your reply, you
will be communicated to with the exact steps to take. I expect your urgent
response and I shall contact you for further discussion on this matter,to
enable us conclude this transaction urgently without any delay or hitch.
Please treat this business proposal as strictly confidential for security
reasons considering my official position in this bank and please if you
are interested and willing to support please reply if not delete.

Personal Regards,
Mr Andrew Azazi

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