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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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Fraud email example:

From: Morris <support@sashidacorp.co.jp>
Reply-To: galmanelias171@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 10:08:11 +0900
Subject: LEGIT PROPOSAL


Hello Dear.

My name is Barr. Moris Marshali, attorney at law , Moris Marshali LLP, a UK based law firm. After a series of efforts to locate members of the deceased family, I decided to contact you through this medium.

However, there is an unclaimed “Excess Marginal Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) with a top Investment & Equity Company in the United Kingdom” insured with a top Life Insurance Company. The policyholder, Late Eng.Lindsey was one of my clients who worked in one of the Energy firms here in the United Kingdom. He died on March 22nd, 2011 at Lukman hospital, County of Oxfordshire, my client died Intestate (i.e., without a WILL). Therefore, I ask for your consent to be in partnership with me for the claim of this policy benefit.

The amount under the life insurance policy is Sixteen Million Nine Hundred & Fifty Thousand
Seven Hundred & Seventy-Seven Dollars (US$ 16,950,777.00) with the total interest rate of
21.1%. After a successful transaction and having the fund hit your designated Bank account, I propose 40% to You, 40% to Me,10% for Charity organizations of your choice, and 10% to cover expenses, both local and international, during the process of the transaction.

This transaction is 100% risk-free as there will be no violation of either civil or criminal law. All documents to back up this claim will be made available upon request by the Bank or the Investment & Equity Company, or any financial regulatory body during the process of the transaction. Note that the Government has given a notice of Escheat in this said estate, i.e a common law doctrine that transfers the property of a person who has died without heirs to the Crown or state, this escheat usually take place after 9 years of dormant investment.

I have worked out the modalities and technicalities of the transaction within fourteen Days (14) from the start. If you are interested to partner with me, please contact me as follows:
galmanelias171@gmail.com
Your earliest response would be highly appreciated to enable me provide you with the details


Regards
Moris Marshali


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