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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: "Suize Erin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <suizerene@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 07:43:46 +0530
Subject: YOUR CANDID RESPONSE NEEDED

Good day i am attorney Suize Erin, am sorry to approach you in this manner , I have something to share with you , a business proposal to be precise , My client, Mr Singh Prada, who's a business man and wealthy originally from Nepal, lost his life and his family including their new born child in the Nepal Earth Quake , he had left behind the sum of $5,400,000.00 usd , and the bank is un-aware of this incident at the moment as i am yet to inform the bank , therefore at this juncture i want to present you as his Next of kin , because he was yet to place a next of kin before his death , I am contacting you so i can file in your name as his next of kin, to enable us make claims of the funds where it is deposited . You can read News about the Quake copy the URL link and paste on your browser.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nepal-quake-death-toll-exceeds-7-000-airport-closed-to-big-jets-1.3059125

Please do get back to me and i will provide you with further details .

Yours Sincerely
Suize Erin.

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