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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: "romedurko.associates.my Gazeta.pl" <romedurko.associates.my@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 09:05:37 -0700
Subject: Dear Susan Heimlich


ROME DURKO AND ASSOCIATES LEGAL CHAMBERS.
Bankruptcy Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, Immigration
Probate & Estate Administration and Wills Law.

HEAD OFFICE NO: 19, Ritis Car Park Road
Cotonou -- Republic of Benin.

TELEPHONE: + 22966996445

Dear Heimlich


I first and foremost seek your forgiveness for my unsolicited business
letter to you.

I got your contact from your country's computerize data following my
effort searching for any reliable person with your surname ''Heimlich'', a
trustworthy person to assist me in an inheritance claim of $6 million,
Nine Million United States dollars only.

My name is Barrister Rome Durko, a lawyer from Republic of Benin, I am the
personal attorney to a late foreign contractor Late Mr. Kimeth Heimlich
from your country, an international contractor who executed contract in the
tune of USD $6 MILLION in Rep.of Benin. My late client had completed the
contract and was in verge of nominating his bank account where the $ 9
million would be transferred by the accredited paying bank here in Republic
of Benin, a process he was about to undergo, but opting to travel to Sendai
Japan in March 2011, unfortunately for him, he fell a victim of the
catastrophic earth quake and tsunami that occurred in Sendai Japan on 11th
of March 2011.

Since I confirmed he was dead, and I know him as a man who grew up as an
orphan, he has no wife, no children and no relatives who knows his
whereabouts or about the unpaid fund of $ 6 million, I decided to track his
last name on the Internet; basically to locate any trustworthy person who
bear similar surname with him, hence I contacted you.

As explained above, I am contacting you to assist me to claim the Money
valued at {USD$ 6 Million} Nine Million United state Dollars, executed
contract fund that was to be approved in favour of my late client , for
the contract he executed with the Federal ministry of works Republic of
Benin before his untimely death in Japan on 11th of March 2011.

Despite being his lawyer, I cannot start such inheritance claim alone
without someone from your country with similar surname, whom I shall
present as the next of kin to the bank’s administration.

As his known lawyer, the authority of the bank has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin to the late contractor, to come for the inheritance
claim, otherwise the fund will be confiscated within the next two Weeks of
official working days. So I seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin since your surname similarity will undoubtedly prove you his relative,
so that the proceeds of this contract fund can be paid to you and will
after everything share the money 50% for you and 50% for me.

However in the event of my receipt of your affirmative response, we shall
then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for the transfer. I have
important contractual documents and other relevant information needed to
back you up the claim. All I required from you is your honesty and maximum
co-operation to enable us see that this transaction goes successfully. I
guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any sense of breach of the law, and this deal can be
concluded within 10 working days.

Finally, your TELEPHONE/FAX numbers, YOUR AGE & OCCUPATION and your land
mailing address are urgently needed for easy communication on the
commencement modalities of this claim.

Best Regards

BARRISTER ROME DURKO.

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