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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: George Brown <georgebrownkokou0002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: georgebrown0001@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:35:03 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?wrBGQU8vSE9OIMKw?=

My name is Barrister George BK LEvi,a renowned Togo based solicitors.
I am writing in connection to My late client ,who bears the same
surname with you and left the sum of Ten million five hundred thousand
United States Dollars($10,500,000 M USD) in a bank before his death. I
contacted you to seek your consent to present you to the bank as a
heir to my late client to enable the transfer of this fund transfer to
you. I would enlighten you on more details and clarifications when i
get positive response from you.

Claims prerequisites: As his personal Attorney, to enable me present
you to the bank, you will required to send to me the following
information:-

1, Full Names..............
2, Contact Address And Country.........
3, Phone number...........
4, Occupation.................
5, Marital Status................
6, Personal email contact


Barrister George BK LEvi.(Esq)
Reply to Email: ( georgebrownlevi@outlook.com)

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