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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: "Mr. Daven Morgan" <zenithbankplc768@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davenmorgan86@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 23:33:24 +0100
Subject: Good News and Happy new year.

Good News and Happy new year.

I am Mr. Daven Morgan. A computer scientist with Zenith Bank Plc. I am
49 years old, I came across your file which was marked X and your
released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that
you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but the fund has not
been release to you, the most annoying thing is that nobody is telling
you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to
you. Instead, they let you spend money unnecessarily but thank God for
United Nation intervention that have brought your file to this bank.


I do not intend to work for this bank after the end of this year 2014
but I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my
security and how I can run away from this country if I do this because
if I don't run away from this country after I made your transfer, I
will be seriously in trouble and my life will be in danger here also
have this in mind that you’re going to take 70% of total fund and 30%
to me after you have received the fund in your account.

Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria/London, you may not
understand it because you are not from here. The only thing I will
need to release this fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HD120 GIG
YOU WILL BUY THE TWO DISK FOR ME and I will use it to recopy your
information and destroy the previous one and punch the computer to
reflect in your bank within 24 banking hours I will clean up the
tracer and destroy your file, after which I will run away from here to
meet with you there.

If you are interested to get the disk for me there or here, do get in
touch with me immediately and send to me your convenient tell/fax
numbers for easy communications also re-confirm your banking details,
so that there won't be any mistake in moving the fund.

For phone conversation, please call me on Tel: +44 792 4599055 and
write me back immediately you receive this message if you are
interested to buy the HD120 GIG for the release of your overdue
payment, it is the final solution and it must be a secret between you
and I.


Regards,

Mr. Daven Morgan
Payment Programmer / Remittance Unit
Zenith Bank, Plc. London, UK.

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