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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024098825 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- tonymurray_co@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Grace Ace <tonymurray_co@sify.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:33:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Enquiry: Ref.: (CAP/FI/EU/346/08)

Dear Sir / Madam,

My Name is Mrs. Grace Ace, Corporate Secretary to Tony Murray & Co., London - United Kingdom. We are conducting a Standard Process Enquriy on behalf of the Management of an European based Financial Institution.This investigation involves a client (Mr. Watford) and the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at the said Financial Institution..

The Financial Institution client who died "intestate" nominated no successor in title over the investments made with the Financial Institution worth £20.5M GBP (Twenty Million,Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).The essence of this communication with you is to request you provide us information/comments on any or all of the four issues:
1- Are you aware of any person or relative / relation in the person of Mr. Watford, whose last known contact was Scotland?
2- Are you aware of any investment of considerable value as stated above made by such a person at the Fund / Treasury Department of the Financial Institution?
3-Whose age was mid 50's
4- Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status of successor in title to the deceased?

*** If you can't provide us information / comments on any or all of the four issues. -- Are you willing to co-operate with us by given us your consent to present you to the Management of the Financial Institution as the successor in title over the investments. It is pertinent that you inform us asap whether or not you are willing to co-operate with us that we may put an end to this communication with you and our inquiries surrounding this personality.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry. Mrs. Grace Ace. Corporate Secretary "Tony Murray & Co." 25 Bridge Street, Staines Middlesex TW10 8TP, London, United Kingdom Tel: +44-702-4098825 & +44-702-4098522 Confidential E-mail: tonymurray_co@sify.com Please let us know your view via our Office Confidential E-mail as thus: tonymurray_co@sify.com NOTE: For security reasons always quote the above Reference Number:CAP/FI/EU/346/08) in every one of your correspondence with this office ***PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***

This e-mail and any attached files are from "Tony Murray & Co." and are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited.If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail.

E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. "Tony Murray & Co.", therefore does not accept any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.

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