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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: "Mr. Murphy Wood" <chiezieanthony7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmurphywoodm@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:38:21 +0100
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal

Mr. Murphy Wood is my name, I personally handle transactions of Mr.
Erik Braun who eventually died on the 9th of March 2018 of a heart
attack at the age of 65, 3 years ago. Before his death, Mr. Erik Braun
had his enterprises included engineering, construction, maintenance
petroleum, water, chemicals, and was a Contractor with Amplify Energy
Corp.

He has $7.3M (Seven Million, Three Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars) in a fixed account with the bank without any next of kin to
inherit the deposited amount. I write to seek your consent to present
you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late
Mr. Erik Braun.

The deposited fund will be approved to you as the only beneficiary for
our mutual benefits. If by the end of this year nobody comes up to
claim the fund, it will be moved to a government account as an
unclaimed fund. Please reply back on this email (
mrmurphywoodm@gmail.com ) only if you can work with me on this
profitable deal.

Best Regards
Murphy Wood

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