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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: =?gb2312?q?onwa=20jude?= <onwajude888@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: onwajude41@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 07:57:01 +0800 (CST)
Subject: with trust


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It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as


a suprise.




This is because we have not met before but i am


inspired to sending you




this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity


that will be of mutual




benefit to the two of us.







However, I am ,the onwajude personal Attorney to


the late Engr.Steve Moore a national of Isle of Man


in UK, who used to work with Shell Petroleum


Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 21st of


April 1996,my client,his wife And their three


children were involved in a car accident along


Sagamu/Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately they all


lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since


then I have made several enquiries to several


Embassies to locate any of my clients extended


relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.







After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided


to tracehisrelatives over the Internet to locate any


member of his family but of no avail, hence I


contacted you.




I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money


and property left behind by my client,I can easily


convince the bank with my legal practice that you


are the only surviving relation of my client.


Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be


confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank


where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly,


the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at


about $27million U.S dollars(twenty seven million


U.S.America dollars).Conseqently,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 unsuccesfull in locating the the


relatives for over




several years now.I seek your consent to present you


as the next of kin




of the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account


valued at $27million U.Sdollarscan be paid to your


account 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


alegitimate arrangement that will protect you from


any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me by


my email to enable usdiscuss further.








Yours Faithfully,




Barristeronwajude




- onwa jude


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