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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: "jajajohn2@latinmail.com" <jajajohn2040@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: jajajohn2@latinmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 04:02:26 +0200
Subject: GOOD FRIEND

JAJA JOHNS CHAMBER
HEAD OFFICE
23 VICTORIA ISLAND WAY
IKOYI LAGOS
NIGERIA.

OUR REF: AU/RET/45673/90
YOUR REF:

ATTN: GOOD FRIEND

RE: NEXT OF KIN TO MY LATE CLIENT ADAMS ABRAHAM


I AM BARRISTER JAJA JOHN KANU A SOLICITOR AT LAW. I AM THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY
TO MR. ADAMS ABRAHAM, WHO USED TO WORK WITH SHELL-DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN
NIGERIA. HEREINAFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT.ON APRIL 1999,MY
CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A PLANECRASH OF ETHIOPIAN
AIRLINE IN COTE IVOIRE. ALL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT DIED.

SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF
MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER SEVERAL
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, TO LOCATE A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED
YOU. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY
LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE
TO THE BANK HERE THIS HUGE DEPOSIT WERE LODGED. PARTICULARLY, THE BANK WHERE
THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT (USD25.7 MILLION DOLLARS) HAS ISSUED
ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN
THE NEXT FOURTEEN OFFICIAL WORKING DAYS.

SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR OVER 3 YEARS
NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED,
SINCE YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THIS TRANSACTION. SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF
THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT (USD25.7 MILLIONDOLLARS) CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN
YOU AND I CAN SHARE THE MONEY.60% TO ME AND 40% TO YOU I HAVE ALL NECESSARY
LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO BACK UP OUR CLAIMS. ALL I REQUIRE IS
YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEEING THIS DEAL THROUGH.I GUARANTEE
THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT
YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BY MY EMAIL AND
SEND TO ME YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO ENABLE US DISCUSS FURTHER ABOUT
THIS TRANSACTION.

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.

BEST REGARDS,
BARRISTER JAJA JOHN

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