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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: marrk.kelvin1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:22:16 +0100
Subject: Business proposal..


Hello Dear friend,
I am Mr. Mark Kelvin the personal assistant to Mr. Moises Saba Masri. I co=
ntacted you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense be=
nefit to both of us and the less privileged ones. Being his personal assist=
ant I discovered the document of shares he bought in the sum of $45,500,000=
.00 (forty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a c=
ompany here in the United Kingdom. He was a Jewish business mogul from Mexi=
co that died on a helicopter crash early last three years. Mr. Saba was 47-=
years-old when both his wife, his only son Avraham (Albert) and his daughte=
r-in-law died in a helicopter crash.
You can get more information's as regards to the crash and the death of my=
late boss Mr. Moises Saba Masri on the site web address below. http://www.=
ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html?
The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where=
you live particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the co=
nfidentiality herein. Now the company has been waiting for any of the relat=
ives to come-up for the claim of the inheritance fund but unfortunately all=
efforts has being void. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating ne=
ither the relatives nor any next of kin to Mr. Saba. On this regards, I see=
k your consent to present you as the next of kin / will beneficiary to the =
deceased so that the proceeds of this SHARES valued at $45.5 Million United=
States Dollars can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in the=
se percentages 50% to me and 50% to you. I will secured all the necessary p=
rove that can be used to back you up in this claim we are about to make. Al=
l I need is to involve your name in some of his documents in the office and=
identify you as one of the family people I meet in one of our trip to Mexi=
co.
All I require now is your honest co-operation; confidentiality and trust t=
o enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you 100 % success and=
that this business transaction will be executed under the ambit of law and=
will also protect you from any breach of the contract.
Please provide me the following as we have less time to run it through:
1,.Your full name
2. Telephone number
3. Contact address
4. Age
5. Your Occupation
=

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping th=
at you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of =
this message and indicating your interest I will furnish you with more info=
rmation's.
Your assent to this e-mail and business proposal will be highly appreciate=
d.
Regards,
Mr. Mark Kelvin

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