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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: "Mrs Maryam Taher" <infoo.1177781@scarlet.be>
Reply-To: Maryam.Taher46@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 05:21:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello

From: Mrs Maryam Taher
Founding Partner, M Taher & Co Solicitors
Email: Maryam.Taher46@outlook.com

This is a confidential message from M Taher & Co Solicitors, A
private consulting firm in LONDON, ENGLAND For Royal Bank of
Scotland.

I have been directed to contact you with regards to ongoing
investigations involving a deceased client of Royal Bank of
Scotland. The client, who shared the same last name with you,
died intestate (without making a will to inherit his money)
so it is standard and mandatory that a next of kin be sought
who may inherit the money. Kindly clarify the following:

- Are you aware of any relative of yours whose last known contact
address was Zurich, Switzerland, with investments of considerable
value with Royal Bank of Scotland?

- If you answered yes to the above then can you establish beyond
reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status of next of kin
to the deceased?

Understand that we are at this point constrained to share more details
of this matter with you. We will need to hear from you urgently and
hope you can assist us in bringing this inquiry to a conclusion.

Please respond to my private email [Maryam.Taher46@outlook.com]
and send you FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS
as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to close this
investigation.
Thank you for accommodating our enquiries.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Maryam Taher
Founding Partner, M Taher & Co Solicitors
Email: Maryam.Taher46@outlook.com

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