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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: "Mrs. Roselyn Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <saliuharuna2010@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 14:02:07 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION (PLEASE READ)

To ensure that you get this message I have attached a file to this mail. Please ensure you read the attached file and reply as soon as possible This is HTML source of message you composed. Do not modify here. To modify this message press HTML Messages Editor button.
Kind Attention: Sir.
My name is Mrs. Roselyn Morgan from United States, 51 Years Old. My residential address is as follows. 5424 Pent ridge Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19143-4126, United States of America, I am one of those people that took part in receiving Inheritance funds and Lottery funds from African banks and European banks even from many lottery organizers few years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid different fees or charges of over $85,000 while in the USA trying to get my funds from those banks and lottery organizers but all to no avail. So I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C USA with all my payment approval documents, and I was directed by the F.B.I. Director to contact a man called Dr. Saliu Haruna, A BRITISH CITIZEN and a member of the UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION (UNO) & INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF) COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE currently staying in Lagos - Nigeria. I contacted him in Nigeria and he explained everything to me. Dr . Saliu Haruna personally directe
Contact Person: Dr. Saliu Haruna.
Contact Address: No. 25 Groveport Hill, Ikoyi Lagos Nigeria.
Telephone Number: +234 81 372 70546.
Contact him now and stop dealing with those people that are contacting you earlier telling you that your funds is with them because your funds is not in any way with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing left with you. Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact only 234 81 372 70546 in Lagos - Nigeria so that he can help you process your payment through the paying bank instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money for fees to complete your transaction.
Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Roselyn Morgan.
5424 Pent ridge Street Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 19143-4126, U.S.A.

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