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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: CHIKE DANIEL <chikeo.daniel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 22:58:49 +0100
Subject: Attn

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Attn:

I am Barrister Chike Daniel. an Attorney in ECOWAS region .

Note: it was on the 1st of April 2006.Engr. Joseph , he died as a result of
an industrial accident in Ghanaian Gold Mining Company,my client is a
national of your country and an Astute Business man of international
repute, also a contractor with the ECOWAS countries,whose endeavors spans
various areas of Business interest,(Real estate,contract and Farming .etc)
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit valued $7.300,000.00(Seven Million,
Three Hundred thousand United States Dollars) ( MY CLIENT)I discovered
that he died without making a WILL of this deposit with the ICB Bank, and
all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless.

On my further investigation again, it was discovered that HE did not
declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents
including his Bank Deposit paper work. All my efforts to trace and locate
his next of kin proved abortive. In accordance with Ghana banking laws and
constitution guiding the Ghanaian banking institution stated that after the
expiration of 7 (seven) years,if no body or person comes for the claim as
the next of kin , such money will be reverted to the federal government
treasury(Ghana) if nobody applies as the next of Kin /beneficiary of the
funds. But I was tracking his last name through the FACEBOOK' and found out
that your last name is the same with my late client last name, this enable
me to contact you now so I will use you to claim the inheritance fund as
the next of kin of my late client with this bank so that the fund will be
released and transfer to you.

After you will give me 30% of the total sum for my effort. Upon your
acceptance to this information, I shall send to you an Application Text
Form" as well as detailed information on how this deal would be carried out
with every document of proof. Call me : +233543936658.

Am awaiting your urgent response with this informations

Name:...................
Sex:...............
Age:...................
Occupation:........
Address:...............
Tel/ Fax:...............
State:.............
Country Of origin:...........

Yours faithfully,
Barrister, Chike Daniel.
Principal Attorney.
CHIKE DANIEL & Co Solicitors

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