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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: bello ali <belloali001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: belloali3@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:46:09 +0100
Subject: Claim As Next Of Kin(Mrs Besse)


BELLO ALI CHAMBER
#54 WHALF ROAD APAPA,
LAGOS NIGERIA.
EMAIL:belloali3@ny.com.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail
meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might
seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I
humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense
benefit. I duly aplogise for infringing on your privacy,if this contact is
not acceptable to you First and foremost I wish to introduce my self
properly to you.

I am Bello Ali a Solicitor and the Personal Attorney to Mrs Caro Besse,a
Foreigner of your country she was Ex-President at JP Morgan Corporate
Finance in Melbourne and New York, where she worked as a Senior General
Manager at HMSO; as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Management
Studies at Norwich City College; and as a Volunteer Advisor at Norwich and
District Citizens' Advice Bureau. She chairs the Trust's Improving Working
Lives Group and she was elected member of Norfolk County Council, and a
spokesperson on Social Services.Before she came to Nigeria and became the
managing director of Loncin Development Company plc and also in
Nigeria.Onthe 23rd of October 2005, my client and her husband were
involved in a
Bellview Plane Crash Accident on there way to a Board Meeting Confrence in
Abuja (FCT). All occupants and six high-level government officials of the
Aircraft unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace her relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of her family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
(US$18.5million dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,
or have the account confisicated within the next ten official working
days.Since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives.I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from
the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued at$18.5 million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 45% to
me and 55% 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.

All I require is your honest cooperation and your telephone number&fax line
also your address to enable us see this dealt through.I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.

Please kindly reply to my pravite EMAIL ADDRESS:belloali3@ny.com,to enable
us discuss further.

Best regards,
Barrister Bello Ali. (SAN)

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