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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: "Barrister Anthony Ubanese" <barrister_a_uba@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: barrister_anthony_ubanese@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 15:39:04 -0700
Subject: BE MY CLIENT NEXT OF KIN.

Greetings to you,

I am Barrister Anthony Ubanese, I am the Personal Attorney to Morris Thompson
a National of your country, who used to work with Doyon Ltd and also a partner
to Agip Energy & Natural Resources here in Nigeria.

On the 31st of January 2000, my client, his wife (Mrs. Thelma Thompson)
and their Daughter (Miss. Sheryl Thompson) were involved in a plane crash
(Alaska Airlines Flight 261), which crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately
they All lost their lives in the event of the crash, Since then I have made
several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives,
this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted
you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged here in Nigeria. Particularly,
the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $16.5 million
U.S dollars (Sixteen million, five hundred thousand dollars). Consequently,
The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessfully in locating the the relatives for over 4
years now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you are a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at
$16.5 million U.S dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share
the money. 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax
as your government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make. 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 by my email to enable us discuss further, Am
in Nigeria presently and can be reached through my phone numbers. Please
note that this business is confidential and risk free, we must keep it secret
till the funds gets to your account.
Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Anthony Ubanese (Esq).

N.B:Please indicate your full interest by including phone and fax numbers
and you can also reach me through my private email address: barrister_anthony_ubanese@yahoo.com




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