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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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Fraud email example:

From: Julie Morgan <info@pkfirm.uk>
Reply-To: Julie Morgan <jmorgan@jm-lawfirm.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:40:20 +0000
Subject: Let's work together


Dear Friend,
I am sorry to have contacted you via this medium, but it is the only
means I can reach you within the shortest time possible. First I will
have to introduce myself, I am Julie Morgan, the personal attorney to
Robert Fitzpatrick, an American who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD
here in London, who shall be referred to as my client. Unfortunately
my client Lost his life on Boeing Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31st, 1999 ( news.bbc.co.
uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm ) and left no clear beneficiary as
Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the deposit still
with me.
All efforts by me to trace his Next of Kin proved abortive because he
did not make any will prior to his death. Since then I have made
several Inquiries to locate any of my late clients extended relatives
and this has proved unsuccessful. After my several unsuccessful
attempts to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I am contacting you to assist in claiming the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unclaimed by the
security company where this huge deposit was deposited. particularly,
the finance company where the deceased had the said fund valued at $11
Million United States dollars has issued me a notice to provide the
next of Kin. Consequent upon this, my idea is that we can have a deal
/ agreement and I am going to do this legally with your name as the
beneficiary of the bona fide amount in question as I have legal
document to back our all claim, I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account
valued at $ 11 Million US dollars can be paid to your account abroad,
note that 40% of this money will be for you, in respect to the
provision of a foreign account and 50% for me, 10% will be used for
the reimbursement of any expenditure we may incur in the cause of the
transaction.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law; all I need from you
is your utmost collaboration and sincerity for us to thrive in this
deal.
Kindly get back to me via my private email
address: jmorgan@jm-lawfirm.co.uk to enable us proceed further with
the formalities.
Thank you.
 
​Regards,​​  
 
Julie Morgan at  JM Laws Limited & Associates
 
A  64 Homestall Road, East Dulwich, London, SE22 0SB, United
Kingdom
P +44 1202281329   tel:+44+770+030+8299 
E info@jmlawfirm.eu  
W www.jmlawfirm.eu 
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