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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: "sri mohammed" <srimm@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: srimohammed@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:35:50 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: HELLO




My name is sri mohammed Solicitors, Barrister and Solicitor at law here in
malaysia. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Arthur, a national of your
Country, who used to work with a Multinational Construction firm here in
kuala lumpur, Malaysia

On the 20th of March 2004, my client, his wife and their two children were
involved in a ghastly auto accident along seremban High way and all
occupants of the vehicle lost their lives. Since then I have made several
enquiry to your embassy to find any of Arthur’s relatives or close last
names and we found you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating of my client's fund in the
Bank before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable. This fund is
US$6,000,000.00 (Six Million United States Dollars). Since Late Mr. Arthur
Died Interstate, I have the legal right to present you as the Beneficiary
to this fund. According to the Bank, we have only 30 working days to get
this accomplished otherwise the money will be confiscated.

Since you share the same last name with him, I seek your consent to
present you as the Beneficiary to the fund so that the proceeds of this
account valued at US$6,000,000.00 can be paid to you. Upon the successful
completion of this transaction, I shall meet you in your country to
negotiate on how this fund will be utilized. May be we can reinvest the
fund in your county for our benefit.

I have some of the Legal Papers needed to back you up in this claim. All I
require is your honest and maximum co-operation to see this transaction
through. Please note that this transaction is 100% legit and you and I
have nothing to lose.

Regards,

sri mohammed

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