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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: barrpauluguma@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:15:54 +0200
Subject: Please Urgent Attention.

Uguma & Co. Chambers
Solicitors & Advocate.
06 BP 1409 Akpakpa Dodomey,
COTONOU - BENIN REPUBLIC.
Tel:+00229-564-647
Altanetive email address reply to. barrpauluguma@compaqnet.fr


Please Urgent Attention.

I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail,if the
contents does not meet with your personal and business ethics,I
appologise in advance. I am Mr. Barrister PaulUguma,I am an advocate
and solicitor at law. However, I was moved to contact you base on the
present situation of this oppurtunity which i may say that it is god
given timeoffer.there is a foreigner who lived here in cotonou Benin
long ago , and it happen that the man registered to me as his
private/personalattorney. he was a fisherman as well as a one time
secret agant in lifting oil to overseas for our former minisers.in
the month of actober,2002. my client died with his wife and their only
daughter when their ship capsized in high sea.but my client made
afixed dopsit valued at (USD$5.9M) and upon the maturity this bank
started contacting him but no response. Conseqently, the bank issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated
after four years, as the law of this land says.Since then I have made
several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you are from the same country and also bears the
same surname, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $5.9m
canbe paid to you and then you and me can share the money.I have
arranged all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make waiting for your permission to submit them to the
bank on your behalf for the approval of the payment.All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
both through email (emailaddress) and phone:(+00229-564-647)to enable
us discuss further.

finally, you have to maintain the high secrecy this business demands
as the Bank does not know that I am using you to claim the money on my
own, besides, I will compensate you with 30%of the total money for
your help and assistance,and you will still help me again, because I
want to invest my own part of the money in your country base no your
advice.
Thanks as I await your reply
Best Regards,
Barrister PaulUguma.


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