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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: Attorney Office <kenamaco2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: attorneytg906@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 18:42:54 +0100
Subject: Compliment of day to you,

Compliment of day to you,

I am Mr. Martin Adam. I actually got your contact from your country
website and i decided to contact you and to share my success with you.
I am a good Christian and I strongly believe and trust you that you
will not betray neither denied me whenever this fund is been finally
transferred into your destination bank account.

I have already emailed you earlier on without any response from you.
On my first email with you, I mentioned about my late client, who
related with you by surname, I cannot get in touch with. But both of
you have the same last name so it will be very easy to front you as
his official next of kin.

I am compelled to do this because I would not want the bank to push my
clients funds US$12.500 Million United States Dollars into their
treasury as unclaimed inheritance. And the fruits of this old man’s
labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials
who will later use the money to sponsor war in country and kill
innocent citizens in the search for political power. If you are
interested you do let me know, So that I can give you comprehensive
details on what we are to do.

Best Regards.
Mr. Martin Adam. Esq.

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