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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: chrischamber00@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:56:40 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION :TeleCom

From: Barrister chris imo
Dear TeleCom,

I am Barrister chris imo, a personal attorney to late Mr. Peter TeleCom,a
national of Australia, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development
Company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my principal.
On the January 31, 2000, http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/01/30/kenya.airways.crash.01/index.html,client
was involved in a Kenya Airways jet crashes into Atlantic; 8 survivors found
and many lost their life.

Since then I have made several enquiries to the embassy here to locate any
of my principal's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating funds valued at 15.5million United
States dollars left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge amount was deposited.

The said BANK has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or Have
the account confiscated within the next! Fourteen official working days.
For the fact that 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
to the deceased, so the fruit of the old man's labour will not be squandered
by some corrupt Nigerians and that the proceeds require from you is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
or advise me on when best to call you, my personal of this account can be
paid to you. Therefore, I have decided to give you 35% of this amount. I
have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up
for claim.Please reply to my alternative email Box: chrischamber_@lawyer.com
for more briefings.

Best regards,
Barrister chris imo.
email Box: chrischamber_@lawyer.com

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