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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: Oderah Morris <dataf920@gmail.com>
Reply-To: oderah_c_morris@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 19:35:08 -0800
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

Hi my dear,

Complement of the day,

Please kindly accept my sincere apologies if my approach is offensive and
does not meet your personal ethics.
My name is Mr. Oder-ah C. Morris, from country African. I will like to do a
very brief business with you, am seeking for an oversea partner help and
cooperation for transfer deal.

There is an unclaimed fund in my bank with credit balance of ($11.7m) which
has been dormant for many years now, after my investigation i discovered
that the owner of this account is a foreigner died years ago, before his death
he had a fund deposit in my bank, this fund was meant for an urgent cash
investment kept in our vault without indication his next of kin.

As the deceased has no trustee or next of kin to his deposit, i contacted you
in strict confidence because you are a foreigner, what i need from you is to
use your name as the next of kin to the original account depositor, as the
Audit Accounting Officer of the bank, I have access to lots of documents
because I handle some of the bank's sensitive files, then i will use my
position in my department to do some alteration and give clearance and onward
remission of the fund to any of your bank account.

Send me your contact details as stated below to enable me furnish you with
more relevant details if you are interested and willing to work with me.

Full name:
Contact address:
Phone number:
Date of birth:
Sex:
Country of origin:

Thanks,
Best regards,
Mr. Oderah Morris.

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