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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. Moris Duncan" <sendingmails3post@aol.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 02:46:11 -0400
Subject: Can i trust you?






Dear Friend,

I am contacting you because it is a beautiful day with new hope and opportunities. Before I continue, I would want to state that this email contains confidential and private information, therefore, if you are unable to deal with or handle the content kindly discard the email and stop it from further circulation. My name is Mr. Moris Duncan, and I work as an accountant in a bank in Europe. I am contacting you because of a customer that came to my bank 8 years ago and engaged in Private Banking services. The customer had a financial portfolio of USD7, 000,000.00, which I assisted him to turn over in the purchase of securities in the capital market. I was the bank adviser assisting the customer in the management of the fund. Unfortunately, the client died along with his wife and only daughter in the terrorist attack of 21st September 2013, at West-gate shopping mall in Nairobi, while on vacation in Kenya.

At the moment, his investment with my bank is dormant with open beneficiary status, hence I am contacting you. My proposition is this, I am prepared to place you in a position and instruct my bank to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relative. As his personal banker and an insider in the bank, I will furnish you with all necessary documents and information that the bank may request and/or require from you in order to release the fund to you. If you find yourself capable of handling this transaction, do contact via my private e-mail: moris.duncan@yahoo.com

If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards conclusion.

Sincerely,
Mr. Moris Duncan
Email:  moris.duncan@yahoo.com









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