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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: Morris Ball <berryreeyes5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: morrisball103@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:27:39 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I am Morris Ball, personal attorney to my late client,a national of your
country, who died and left some huge amount of money with a bank here in
Lome West Africa, valued at US$19.5.million dollars. I have contacted you
to assist in having this fund transferred to your account. Get back to me
with the following information if you are interested for further details.
Occupation.......
Marital status...
Age.................
Phone number.....
Fax number.......................
Your full contact address...
Your private
email address And please respond to my private email address which is
morrisball103@gmail.com Tel 228 9089 2264 Regard
Mr. Morris Ball

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