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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 John Robert <mrjohnrobert@sify.com>
Reply-To: barristerjohn@sinacampus.com
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 06:24:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED TO STAND AS MY LATE CLIENT NEST OF KIN





 
CAN YOU BE TRUSTED TO STAND AS MY LATE CLIENT NEST OF KIN
 
FROM THE OFFICE OF BARRISTER
JOHN ROBERT CHAMBER,
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
7 ST JOHNS HILL, SW 11 1 TN, LONDON
 
Hello Dear Good Day.
 
 Iam Barrister John Robert whose office address is at CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH, 7 ST JOHNS HILL, SW 11 1 TN, LONDON, My client Mr. Kenny Williams died in a car accident  with his entire family yesterday and  there corpse to be sent to there home country CANADA for burial, however he deposited 8.5million pounds in Barclays bank here in London under FIXED DEPOSIT But due to this present issue on board this fund needs to be withdrawed so that we can use part of it for his burial and give the balance to the family in CANADA where there  burial will take place .
In accordance  ,I want you to stand as the NEXT OF KIN  so that the bank can release this fund and equal share of 50;50 will be paid to you as soon as this fund is released, please if this offer is ok by you ,kindly forward your information’s to  barristerjohn@sinacampus.com     such as;
 
NAME:...................
SURNAME:................
SEX:....................
AGE: ...................
MARITAL:................
Country:................
CITY:...................
STATE:..................
ZIP CODE:...............
CONTACT ADDRESS...
CELL PHONE AND HOME NO#:
FAX NO#:................
OCCUPATION:.............
 
I will wait to hear from you as soon as possible.
Barrister John Robert
Chambers
+447024070929
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
7 ST JOHNS HILL, SW 11 1 TN, LONDON

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