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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: Mr Gray Morgan<mail@aol.com>
Reply-To: graymorgan121@gmail.com
Date: 19 Dec 2017 10:25:08 +0100
Subject: CANADIAN LOTTO

Dearest


We write to you from the USA Custom office Agent to confirm
the information we just heard from a man named Mr. Chris Powers,
he came to our office on your behalf and he disclosed to us that
you ask him to come and claim your compensated fund
of($2.000,000,00USD). He made things very cleared to us that you
are dead and he’s the only person you disclosed this matter with
and you have instructed him to come and claim the money since you
are dead.

I am writing to confirm the fact if you are DEAD or Alive and
failure to reply back in the next 24hrs simply means what Mr.
Chris Powers said was right that you are dead. Mr. Chris Powers
has agreed to pay the needed fund valued at $289 US Dollars
required for the postage fee of your ATM CARD, but we have not
gotten the money from him yet as we want to find out if you are
dead or not, so if you are still alive, you are advice in your
own best interest to reply back and so we can stop further
communication with Mr. Chris Powers and deliver the bank draft to
your door step being the original beneficiary of the 2million US
Dollars.

After viewing your message to me, I had to look into our data
base, and discovered that you are due for a compensation of
US$2.000,000.00usd ATM CARD from the CANADIAN LOTTO. So therefore
ignore any other email telling you about moneys from here is not
true, I will take up your case as a special one, I decided to
reply your email with my private email address, so as to let you
know that your case is so special to me and also send your ID
CARD.

At the moment, I will need your full co-operation to a swift
conclusion of this transaction, therefore you have to get back to
me with the below details, so I can set up a case file for you.

Full Names:
Address:
zip Code:
Country:
Telephone Number:
Age:
Marital Status:

I am writing to confirm the fact if you are DEAD or Alive Looking
forward to hearing from you if you are still very much alive,

Yours Truly,
Mr Gray Morgan
graymorgan121@gmail.com

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