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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: Davidson Morris <d.rtonyazudozie@gmail.com>
Reply-To: inghfd.0003@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:07:35 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL NOTE

From Davidson Morris Solicitor
7 Beeston Place, Belgravia, London SW1W 0JJ
Reference # GLS. /LEGALH//PRO/PRCDRE 2312


Dear Friend,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be
treated as such. I am

Davidson Morris Esq UK citizen, I have live and worked in London
United Kingdom for 52

years with my family which I am the personal attorney/sole executor to
the late Steve

Hansen of United State of America. Herein after referred to as " my
client" I represent

the interest of my client killed with his immediate family in a plane
crash. I will like

to negotiate the terms of investment of resources available to him. My
client was a

contractor to British National Petroleum Co-operation (BNPC), and had
left behind a

deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only
(£16,000,000.00) with a bank here

in United Kingdom where I am presently residing.


The funds originated from contract transactions he executed in his
registered area of

business. Just after his death, I was contacted by his bank to provide
his next of kin;

reasons being that his deposit agreement contains a residuary clause
giving his personal

attorney express authority to nominate the beneficiary to his funds.
Unknown to the bank

here in London United Kingdom, my client had left no possible trace of
any of his close

relative with me, making all efforts in my part to locate his family
relative to be

unfruitful since his death.

Note down from my clients own story, he was only adopted and his
foster parents whom he

lost in 1976, according to him, had no possible trace of his real
family. By virtue of my

closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much
aware of my client's

financial standing. I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client,
but had thought it

unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this
country and the

finance institution where the fund is lodged.

On this note, I decided to search for a credible person and I was
urged to contact you to

put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin/will
beneficiary to my

client, so that the proceeds of his bank account valued at Sixteen
Million British Pounds

Sterling only (£16,000,000.00) can be paid to you, before they get
confiscated or

declared UN-serviceable to the bank where this huge deposit is lodged.
Note that this is

legal and 100% risk free.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect

you from any breach of law. As I said, I require only a solemn
confidentiality on this.

Confidentiality and if okay by you, send me your

Full name
Address,
Telephone
Fax numbers

To enable us discuss further on this transaction and also to enable me
go to the high

court here in London and secure all legal documentation on your behalf
to enable you get

the legal backing to the claim If this proposal is acceptable by you
get back to me

I am looking forward to your understanding and co-operation.


Kind Regards.

Barrister Davidson Morris.

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