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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +447553531274

Fraud email example:

From: "James Martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jmartins08@aol.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:57:14 -0000
Subject: Hope to hear from you soon

Andrews & Graham Solicitors
177 Fincley Road
NW3 6AH
London, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 755 353 1274

Hello Dear,

I am James Martins,solicitor and sole executor to the personalty of my late client Mr Robert, Late Robert was an entrepreneur with vested interests in solid minerals
prior to his death in a car accident with his immediate family on the 5th of May, 2001.

Recently, I was contacted by the financial institution where my late client had a deposit of £9.8m to contact his family members to intimate them about his abandoned
funds with them. To this end, I have made several searches and requisitions to the relevant quarters with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall
be beneficiaries to his personalty to no avail, hence my contacting you upon finding that you bear the same last name and more so, because I have in my exclusive
possession, the deposit documents which evidenced my late client's transaction with the bank and which I am willing to make available to you to sustain a claim for his
personalty.

You may call me on the telephone number listed above or send your contact numbers to me by email for further deliberation on this.

Sincerely,

James Martins

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