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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: "Adams Morris" <adams.morris@foxmail.com>
Reply-To: adams_morris@aol.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:50:04 +0300
Subject: RE RE THANKS

Dear Friend I am a financial consultant in UK; I am contacting you in
respect of my late client fund valued 12.7m British Pounds which has been
deposited with a bank here in UK and it is in the process of been
confiscate by his bank after many years unclaimed, I decided to contact
you because you bears the same last name with him. Kindly indicate your
interest by sending me your Full name, Age, Marital status, Postal
address, Job, phone number ;You will be entitle to 50%; 40% for me and 10%
to defray all cost. Yours Sincerely Adams Morris

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