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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: "Barr Solomon peters" <solomonpeters1759@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: harmonychambersesq@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:10:21 +0100
Subject: Please Kindly Reply Urgently

Greetings,

I am Barrister Solomon (Mr) and I promote this communication in my capacity as the principal attorney of my law firm,Harmonychambers. A deceased client Alex who died in 2010, left some funds in his account here in Ghana. Normally banking procedure requires the bank to declare the account forfeitable and to transfer the proceeds to the Registry of Unclaimed Property for government use after 6 years from the time of death of the diseased.

The Bank has given me the mandate to present the next of kin/beneficiary to my late client,Since I have made several enquirers to his embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. I am disposed to present you as the next of kin/beneficiary and administrator of the account.so that the proceeds of this account including valuables and cash will be paid to you for our both sharing. It may also interest you to know that the transaction will be executed within the parameter of the law, nothing will be done outside of it.

I wish to submit that I would expect nothing less but honesty and transparency. I will uncover to you further information on the matter in our following communications. If this matter interests you, kindly revert accordingly for further exhaustive dialogue.

Thank you for your time as I am looking forward for yours and business relationship.Always get back to me at{ harmonychambersesq@gmail.com }

Kind Regards,

Barrister Solomon Peters
ATTORNEY AT-LAW

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