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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: "David Arnold" <arnold-900@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: daar800@operamail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:18:12 -0600
Subject: Greetings

David Arnold & Co Chambers
Howell Walk Off Hampton Street,
London Se 16 tl,
United Kingdom,

Reply To:daar800@operamail.com

Dear Sir/Madam

I am David Arnold,a solicitor at law, I am the personal
attorney/sole executor to the late Mr.Paul Mc-Nally,hereinafter
referred to as 'my client' who worked as an independent oil magnate
in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family
on the 5th of Nov 2000.Since the death of my client in Nov, 2000, I
have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate
any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries
of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to
no avail. More so, Ihave received official letters in the last few
weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his
abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws by the bank in
which my client deposited the sum of£9.8Million GBP .The board of
directors of the company now adopted a resolution and I was
mandated to provide his next of kin for the paymentof this money
within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an
abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned
property Decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the
expiration of the period given to me but after an investigation in
the finance company, I found out that some members of the company
wants to divert this fund into their private accounts for their own
selfish interest and only want, to use the excuse that since I am
not able tolook for some one to make the claim, the money should be
made unserviceable and that means submitting the fund to the
federal government of this country and some to the company
management which is not their main intentions. By virtue of my
closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much
aware of my client's financial standing.

I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client, but had thought
it unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the federal
government of this country and the finance company where it is
lodged. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be
legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased
client which is legally possible and would be done in accordance
with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a
credible person and I was urged to contact you, that I may,with
your consent, present you to the "Trustee"bank as my late client's
surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the
bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client,so that the
proceeds of This Bank Account valued at Nine Million Eight Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterling only (£9.8Million) can be paid to
you, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable to the
bank where this huge deposit is lodged.Note that this is legal and
100% risk free since I have all vital documents that would be
requested by them and that would confer you the legal right to make
this claim.

I find this possible for the main reason that l have backup
documents making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that
capacity.Therefore, to facilitate the immediate reprofiling of this
fund, you need, first to contact me via my alternative email
address signifying your interest and as soon as I obtain your
confidence, I will immediately intimate you with the complete
details as well as fax you the documents, with which you are to
proceed and I shall direct on how to put up an application to the
bank. However, you will have to assent to an express agreement
which I will forward to you in order to bind us in this
transaction. Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you by Fax
or E-mail the next step to take.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the
required arrangements have been made for the completion of this
transfer.

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 through my alternative email
daar800@operamail.com for better confidentiality and send to me
your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about
this transaction.Like I said, I require only a solemn
confidentiality on this.

Please let me have your opinion as soon as possible and if this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response. Give me
acall at your earliest convenience or kindly send me a contact
number to call you if proposal is acceptable by you.

Note: Kindly Reply To daar800@operamail.com for better communication.

Sincerely,

David Arnold(Esq).

Reply To: daar800@operamail.com

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