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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: "Marlon Mayor" <info@usa.net>
Reply-To: mayormarlon60@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:07:34 -0800
Subject: Hello Good Day,

Hello Good Day,

My name is Marlon Mayor an attorney to late Brad who died on 20th Feb 2012 with his family in a car accident in Switzerland. He deposited the sum of 29,500,000.00 Dollars before his death in a bank Netherlands.



I am contacting you to seek your approval to present you as the next of kin of the late Brad, considering the fact that you both bear the same surname, giving you legal right for the proceeds of this account to be directly paid to you.


And then we can share it between ourselves when it is paid to you.

Reply if you are interested.
Sincerely,
Marlon Mayor
Email:mayormarlon60@gmail.com

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