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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: GEORGE MORGAN <george.morgan2009@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:44:44 +0100
Subject: ATTN.SIR/MA,PLEASE IS IT TRUE,THAT YOU ARE DEAD OF CORONA VIRUS?I
wait to hear from you if you are still alive,URGENT,FROM BARRISTER G.MORGAN,THANKS.

From Barrister George Morgan
Chief Legal Practitioner
Hassan & Chambers
21/ Diobo Street Port Harcourt Rivers State
Nigeria.

REPLY TO:george.morgan2009@gmail.com

ATTN.SIR/MA,



I am Barrister George Morgan who practice at Port Harcourt Rivers State
Nigeria,I want to use this opportunity to alert what is going on with your
contract
file when ever I traveled to the Federal high court Abuja, in this case I
obligate to ask if you are dead or alive, because each time I travel to
Abuja your file always goes from one table to another with one Swiss
man who has been trying to sign an agreement with the Federal high
court that he is your next of kin, please is that true? Because I left
Abuja on Friday when he was having a conclusion meeting with the chief

justice for the final approval by Friday this week.

Please if you are still alive and want me to work with you,do get back to me
immediately for immediate cancellation of this Approval by Friday
because
nothing is holding your contract payment as I have come about your
contract validation file you have concluded and paid all charges, so
nothing is holding your contract fund to be in your nominated bank
account by the
paying bank OK.

I wait to hear from you if you are still alive.

REPLY TO:george.morgan2009@gmail.com

Regards,
Barrister George Morgan,
TEL NO:+234 7065864763/WHATSAPP.

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