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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: Michael Carraux <ms124882@gmail.com>
Reply-To: micraux1965@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 06:47:58 +0000
Subject: UCF

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From Barclays Bank

1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP



Dear Anita Messer,



I am Mr. Michael Carraux working with Barclays Bank here in London. I have
very urgent and confidential business proposition for you.
On February 17th 2014, a businessman Mr. Colin Morley made a numbered Time
Fixed Deposit for twenty four calendar months valued at seven five Million
United States Dollars only in my bank. Upon maturity this year, I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.



After a month, my bank sent a reminder and finally we discovered that Mr.
Colin Morley died on Friday, November 13, 2015 bombing in Paris, France. On
further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Morley did not declare any
kin or relations in all his official documents including his bank deposit
paper work in my bank.



This Sum of Seventy Five Million United States Dollars is still sitting in
my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each month, no one will overcome forward to claim it. According to
the British Law, at the expiration of four years, the money will be
reverted to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand
in as the next of kin to Mr. Colin Morley so that the fruits of this man's
labor will not be unjustly forfeited.



You will be given all the required and relevant documents and affidavits
from Probate, which will put you in place as the next of kin of Mr. Colin
Morley. You will then provide a bank account in any
part of the world into which the funds will be transferred. The money will
be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of sixty percent for
me and forty percent for you as I intend to use
my share for extensive charity works all over the World.



There is no risk at all as all the paper work and legal aspects for this
transaction will be professionally done and I will use my position within
the bank to facilitate the transfer of the money. If you are interested,
please respond to my email box. You will receive further details after I
get your response.



Yours truly,

Michael Carraux.









Sent from Outlook

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