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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: "Barrister martins Rodger" <marodger_falcon042@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrmartins_falcon@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:37:39 +0000
Subject: I SEEK YOUR CONSENT

Falcon Chambers UK
Falcon Court London EC4Y 1AA
Contact Person: Martin Rodger

Good day! My name is Martin Rodger. I am a solicitor with the Falcon
Chambers UK, the personal attorney to Andrea Engin the President Transfield
Worley Company Who died with his family in the July 2000, Air France crash.
For your confirmations, you can visit this website for more Info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives
and which had proved unsuccessful. As a matter of fact, he had a fixed time
deposit of £1.7million pounds sterling with a finance house in United
Kingdom and stocks worth 3.9 million euros (with unclaimed dividends) being
managed by his stockbrokers.

Consequently, the Finance house has issued me a notice to provide my client
next of kin or have the fund liquidated within a short time. Based on my
unsuccessful search for his relatives for the past five years now and for
the fact that it I have been unsuccessful on my search I therefore seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin/inheritor to my deceased client,
so that the money will be transferred to your account for us to share. As
his personal Attorney I have all the legal documents and all it takes to
backup the claims, while the rest could be processed through the court. All
I requires your honest cooperation. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement. And no government involvement at
all. For more information about me please visit the chambers Website;
http://www.falcon-chambers.co.uk/members/member.cfm?id=165

I look forward to hearing from You.

Regards,

Martin Rodger, QC

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