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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 Michael Lawson <mr.michaelawson1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 02:37:02 +0100
Subject: Hello


Hello,



Good day!



Hope all is well with you and your family?



Am Barrister Michael Lawson from Lome –Togo. Regards to our continuation
about the transfer of the total inheritance sum of (US$13,580,000,00) plus
interests accruing, which the deceased kept in a Savings and Loans Mortgage
Institution here in my country. My idea here is that two of us will share
this amount with the accrued interests, in an agreed ratio, when it is paid
to your account as the supposed next-of-kin, because you have been approve
by the bank board directors and Ministry of Finance and Justices to get the
total inheritance funds transfer to any of your over sea's desirable bank
account.



I advise you to fill in the below information send to the bank through
their email address (utbsdg-togo@financier.com) so that they will send you
the approval ownership documents which you will sign and send back to them
for the immediate release of total inheritance funds to your account.



Fill the below information and send to the bank:

Your full names------

Age------

Address------

Direct telephone ------



Fill the information and send to the bank and also let me know immediately
they contact with you for the best of my advice at that particular point in
time Okay?

Thanks for your understanding and God bless you and your family.



Yours brother,
Barrister Michael Lawson.

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