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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: "Cole Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msbr1975@foxmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:30:32 -0800
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Attn Friend,


How are you doing today and your family ?


Permit me to inform you of my desire, I got your private email through a database directory of your country chamber of commerce in respect of my effort searching for a trustworthy person to assist me.

I am Cole Brown, the Head Auditing Department of (FIRST US BANK) United States of America, I discovered a sum of $45 Million USD In an abandon dormant account belonging a foreign client who is now deceased. Late Moises Saba Masri is a business and a Jew from Mexico who was a victim of a helicopter crash that claim his life and that of his family in 2010.

The link below, tell about the accident that claim the life of Mr. Moises Saba Masri, Kindly click for your perusal.

Http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html


The Bank have release several press conference and news alert to locate the relative or business partner of the Deceased for the claim of his deposit, but all to no avail.

I have also been unsuccessful in trying to locate any of the relatives of the deceased but to no avail, hence I have decided to contact you confidentially to present you as the Business Partner of deceased and his Beneficiary the Board of Directors.

I will give you all the necessary details and also backup documentation to prove you as the authentic Next of Kin/beneficiary to the deceased.so funds will be transfer to you. I am also assuring you that I am going to protect your interest in regards to this transaction as you will also keep this high confidential and do not disclose that I am behind this info, I want to also assure you that this is a 100% risk free.

I have also resolve to share between us in the ratio 50/50 for both of us once the funds finally gets to you. I intend to use the share of my own for charity work, and to support the less privilege in my society and community.

Kindly reply me as soon as possible if you so wish to work this out with me. I will be happy to release more detailed information to you as I await your positive response on my private email address: Colebrown@yeah.net

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Cole Brown.
Head of Accounting Audit Department.
FIRST U.S BANK.

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