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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: "d_adams05" <d_adams05@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:29:21 -0600
Subject: GOOD DAY


Good day to you,

I am Barrister David Adams, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney and Legal Representative to "Mr.George Cooper", a national of your country,who used to work with Shell Oil Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of May 2003, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Abuja Express Road.

Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then, I have made several Enquirer to your Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful 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 to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Security Company.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the two trunk boxes containing $15Million(Fifteen Million United States Dollars Only) does not know the content of the two trunk boxes deposited with them Consequently, the Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin to claim the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next ten officialworking days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased to claim the two trunk boxes since you are from the same country so that the two trunk boxes can be delivered to you by the security company.

Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursement of the fund, and then you and me can share the money 55% to me and 40% to you. and 5% for any expenses in this transaction. I have all necessary legal documents that can back up any claim we may make with the Security Company.

All I require is your honest co-operation and this fund can only be claimed with the help of a forigner please do not let the friut of this innocent man to go into the hands of the corrupt government afficail we have to act very fast 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 secured email address Via:barradams06@yahoo.com.fr, and confidential
May God bless you.

Best regards.
Barrister David Adams Kelechi (Esq.),

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