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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: advocate.carljurgen@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:40:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED.





Hello good friend,
Have nice happy days dear, I hope for you and for your family the best health and top happiness, may The God blesses you and your people too with great mercies upon you, I am very pleased to communicate with your Excellency my dear. I'm Carl Jurgen, a lawyer. Late Mr. Alberto, a gold merchant who was my client, died as a result of lung cancer without a will, now I want to present your name to late Mr. Alberto, bank so that money left behind by late Mr. Alberto, can be transferred into your account through my help. The amount of US$ 10.5 million deposited in a local bank here, by late Mr. Alberto before his death on November 23, 2013, I need your information so that I can show you the bank as next of kin to Late Mr. Alberto for further process. Please provide name and full address, your age, profession and position, address and mobile number for contact purposes. I shall be waiting for your urgent response and please you can contact me via my private email ; (carl_jurgen@aol.com) Finally my eventual gratitude with great thanks, hoping always the great smart dealing, God blesses you and your entire household
Greetings;
Advocate Carl Jurgen.

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