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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: "eric elvis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ericelvis009@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 01:56:14 -0000
Subject: J P Morgan Chase bank New York.

ATTN:


My name is Mr.Eric Elvis, i am the assitance director at J P Morgan Chase bank New York, it has been made clear to me that Mrs.Yuri Seiko from Japan, has presented a report about your death, she has presented a death certificate and copy of Will certificate which has qualified her to make the claim of your total sum of $10.5Million.

I have placed this transfer under Telegraphic process, and i just decided to email you just to confirm if you are death or not.

If i get a feedback from you, that means she is trying to steal from you, if i dont get a response from you,that means you are death and she can have the approved sum of $10.5M.

Sincerely
Eric Elvis

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