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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: Attoreney Adeyemi <attor206@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: attorneyadeyemi@algerie.cc
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:33:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I wait for your positive answer


Dear Friend,

I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry for the embarrassment this mail might be to you as we have not met or known each other before. I find your contact through my Late friend file Late Mr. Roy J. Bagley
My name is Attorney Adeyemi Ikuforiji Speaker, Lagos State House of Assemble, I was a good friend to Late Mr. Roy J. Bagley, a national of your country, who until his death has no wife no son or daughter to claim his assets hence he was buried here.

He was a contractor and has spent most of his life in Nigeria. Mr. Roy J. Bagley, were involved in a car accident along Benin/Onitsha express road and unfortunately lost his life on the 27th day of July 2007 at Onitsha.Since then I have made several enquiries to your country embassy to locate any of my friends extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful hence he has no next-of-kin at the time of his death. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you since all my effort to trace or locate any member of his family failed me so that you as a foreigner will assist me as my late friend next-of-kin in repatriating the assets and Capital valued at Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($8.5million) left behind by my friend before it gets confiscated by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged as treasury bills.

The Bank in Nigeria has issued me a notice to provide the next of Kin or have the treasury bill confiscated.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my friend's relatives for over some Months now, I seek the consent to present you as the Next-of-kin, so that the proceeds of this treasury bill can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for claim.I have all the necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.
All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Reply through my alternative e-mail address: attorneyadeyemi@algerie.cc

I wait for your positive answer.

Best regards,

Attorney adeyemi


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