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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: "Dr. Wilson Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drwilsonmorgan8@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:26:31 -0700
Subject: URGENT

Attn  
 
I am Dr. Wilson Morgan from Brondesbury,North West London, I work for UBS INVESTMENT Bank London branch. "I am writing to you from my office with an opportunity that will benefit us both immensely" In my department, being a member of the Group Executive Com-mittee and Chief Risk Officer (Greater London Regional Office), I discovered an abandoned sum of £25 Million Great British Pounds Sterling (Twenty Five Million Great British Pounds) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Steve Allen.
 
All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please provide me the following if you are interested: as we have few days to run it through this is very URGENT PLEASE.
 
1. Full Name.
2. Your Direct Mobile Number
3. You’re Contact Address
4. Date of Birth.
5. Country.
6. A copy of your ID CARD
 
Best Regards
Dr. Wilson Morgan
Audit Manager 

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