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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: Taylor Miller <pagios@leopoldina.com.br>
Reply-To: info@eduardofuentes.com
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:24:04 +0100
Subject: Your Inheritance Payment



--
Hello,

How are you doing today? I have been expecting to hear back from you to
know if your Inheritance fund has been remitted to your account. I sent
you message in the past and gave you contact details of the paying bank
and asked you to formally contact them so that they can
initiate the process of releasing your Inheritance sum of
£12,870,900.00 (Twelve Million Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Nine
Hundred Pounds) to you. I am wondering why I have not received any
report from you till now regarding this issue.

Please kindly write me today and let me know the status of your fund
transfer.

I wait for your response.

Regards,

Barr. Taylor Miller
St. Mary’s Chambers
24-26 High Pavement, The Lace Market
Nottingham, NG1 1HN, United Kingdom.

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