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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: "PHILIP MARK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <reply.philipmark.co@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:30:12 -0400
Subject: Please Get in Touch


Good Day,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from a computerize data following my effort in searching for a trustworthy person to assist me. My name is Philip Mark an Attorney at law; I am the personal attorney to late Mr. William, a native of your country who happens to be a contractor with shell Development Company here in the UK, before his untimely demise. My client his family were involved in a ghastly accident which claim lives of my client his wife and all other occupant on-board.

Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my client extended relatives, but I have been unsuccessful. After this several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet; basically to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I contacted you to assist me in recovering the Fund valued at {USD$23.5Million} Twenty-three Million five hundred thousand United state Dollars, executed contract fund that was approved in favor of my late client, Being the proposed contract payment for the contract he executed with the shell Development Company here in the United Kingdom before his untimely demise.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the fund confiscated within the next three Weeks of official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my client relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, since you bear similar surname, this will prove you without doubt his relative, so that the proceeds of this contract fund can be paid to you.

We have map out a sharing ration upon completion of this deal, 40% for you, while 60% is for my colleagues and I which we intend using for investment purpose in your country. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the modalities for the transfer. I have all necessary information needed to back you up for this claim. All I required from you is your trust, honesty and maximum co-operation to enable us achieve success. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Finally, kindly send your full name, address, telephone/fax numbers for effective communication to the below Email address. I await your feedback.

Best regard,

Barrister Philip Mark.
434 Burnage Lane,
Burnage,
Manchester,
Lancashire,
M19 1LH,
England
Infophilipmark@ mail2Consultant.com
+44-7031966828

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