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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: "Mrs. Leanne Power." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristerleannepower@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:25:33 +0100
Subject: Re: Greetings from London.

Dear Friend,
 
 
My name is Mrs. Leanne Power, Special Counsel, Consultant and Solicitor at Andrews & Kurth LLP Law Firm United Kingdom. Please, your urgent attention to this matter would be appreciated. A deceased client who lived at 17 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QQ, died with his wife and only son in a car accident in 2015. He left Four Million Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euros in a bank. He was into Mining, Oil and Gas, He was a successful business man before he died. I am searching for his relatives. I decided to contact you because he bears the same last name with you and he is also from the same country with you. I await your urgent reply for more details.
 
 
Respectfully.
Mrs. Leanne Power
special Counsel,
Consultant and
Solicitor at
Andrews & Kurth
LLP Law Firm
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 2003331240

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