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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: "ahmed alic" <ahmedaliclaic@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedalic@myway.com
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:39:02 +0000
Subject: Complement of the season

FROM THE DESK OF:
BARRISTER AHMED ALIC
LIBERTY CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY.


PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
I am Barrister Ahmed Alic Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to
Christian Eich A national of German, engineer who ran carmaker BMW's museum
and also an oil consultant died along with his entire family five years ago
in a ghastly air crash in Paris that claim the
lives of all the 109 passengers on board you may click this link below
for Verification.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.
Since then I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate
any of my client 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. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money that belongs to my client before they get confiscated
or
declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were
lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued
(AMOUNT WITHELD FOR SECURITY REASONS) has 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 unsuccessful in locating the the
relatives for over 3years now I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this 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 the certificate of deposit that can
be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us seeing 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.
Provide me with the information below:
1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Current Mailing Address:
3. Your Marital Status:
4.Your Age:
5.Your Occupation:
6. Country: (Present Location):
7.Telephone and Fax numbers.
8. Nationality:
This is to affect the swift transfer of this fundbinto your account
in less than seven (7)Working days
I WILL OBTAIN AFFIDAVIT FROM COURT WHEN YOU RESPONSETO ME.
Best regards,
Esq.Ahmed Alic.

ahmedahmedahmedalicc@yahoo.

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