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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: Dr Mo <drm1129@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 23:42:47 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?Urgent_Con?= =?windows-1256?Q?firmation_?=
=?windows-1256?Q?Needed_Ple?= =?windows-1256?Q?ase=FE?=

Attention: Ms, This is an urgent message, base on our data or record here, we urgently need to reconfirm if you are still aware that your consignment which contains some cash sent to you from Oversea by either your, Asian, American, Africa, European partner friend has been there for sometimes now and we have concluded to transfer them to a neighboring country as the government there wants to confiscate them as soon as they could. This said consignment was in your name and we need careful verification with regards to this issue.
Firstly, base on the scan copy of the consignment by the Malaysian authority there, we were made to understand that it contains a total of (Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) $12.8million United States Dollars. Kindly reply to this email to enable our kind office knows that you receive this mail with care. Please we were contacted by the Authority there to inform you so that you can give us all these information below for our careful verification, as we want this fund to be claim by you once your detailed information are confirmed. Once again, we will like you to reconfirm to us as well Your full name and Your Home/Office addressYour telephone numbersYour private email addressYour OccupationYour AgeYour Sex: M/F? My own personal information are:Name: Dr.Clinton MorrisAge: 69yrs.Profession - Human Right LawyerAddress: 33, Soho Road, Handsworth, B21 9SD, United KingdomDirect phone for calls only: +447937445981For Text messages only: +447564400656 Kindly ignore this message if the above message does not relate to you. Regards, Dr.Clinton Morris

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