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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: "ovie ukiri" <ukiri_chambers06@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ovie_ukiri@walla.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:14:59 +0000
Subject: Estate of late Engr.Mark

Barrister Ovie Ukiri
Ovie E. Ukiri & Co
3rd Floor, NIDB House
Lagos,Nigeria



I am sorry for the inconvenience this email will give you but i will
appreciate if you can make out time to go through my message.

I am Barrister Ovie Ukiri, a solicitor at law and personal attorney to late
Engr. mark,a national of your country, He was formally a director with Kobe
Steel Corporation company, a Japanese company. My client, his wife and their
three children were involved in a motor accident along University road
Lagos and unfortunately the family died in the accident.

Prior to his death, my client deposited US$18.5 million (Eighteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a bank here in my country.
This money was raised through inflated contracts in his company and as such
the company is not aware of the deposited fund.

The status now is that my client left no WILL or any information about his
next of kin and if I inform the company about the fund, they will definitely
want to claim it from the bank. In view of this, I have decided to contact
you to assist me in getting this fund from the bank since nobody has the
knowledge of the deposited fund.

We can get the fund from the bank provided you follow and adhere to my
instructions to the letter. I will use your name to get the probate
documents at the federal high court presenting you as the executor of my
client's estate. I believe this is privilege information, which I expect you
to keep confidential because of my profession. The business will not take us
time.

I am ready to give you 50% of the total sum for your co-operation. If you
are interested, send me:

1.Your full names,
2.Your Contact address
3.Your present age
4.Your occupation and place of work
5.telephone/mobile and fax numbers, as I will like a faster
communication medium.

Waiting for your urgent response

Sincerely
Barrister Ovie Ukiri

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