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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 Moris Ortega <mrmorisotega@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmorisortega@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:23:51 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

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Dear Friend,

Good Day,

How are you together with your family? I hope all is well. Considering
the fact, I did not know you in person or even have seen you before
but due to the true revelation that I should share this lucrative
opportunity with you, I have no choice other than to contact you. So,
kindly consider this message essential and confidential.

I had the intent to contact you over transfer of fund worth the sum of
TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($10,500,000.00) for the
betterment of our life, I agree that 40% of the total amount will be
for you and 60% for me.

And i need your assurance of trust that you will not deny me my share
once the fund is credited to your personal bank account, kindly state
your interest by replying immediately and i shall furnish you with
details and procedures preceding the transaction.

Make sure you keep this transaction as top secret and make it
confidential till we receive the fund into your bank account that you
will provide to our bank. Don't disclose it to anybody, because the
secret of this transaction is as well as the success of it

I await your urgent communication.

Yours Faithfully,
Thanks and best regards,

Mr Moris Ortega
+226 66 610 480.

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