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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: "Mr. Mohammed" <mohammedajami@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: mohammedajamichambers9@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:51:53 -0800
Subject: About A .C .Douglas

Attn: Sir
From: Barr. A. A. Mohammed

I am Barr. A. A. Mohammed, An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria.I
am the personal Attorney to Engr. A .C .Douglas , A National of your country,who
used to work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria. Here in after shall
be referred to as my Client. On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife
and their three Children were involved in a fatal car Accident along Saga
mum Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle Unfortunately lost their
lives. Since then I have made several inquires to your Embassy to locate
any of my clients extended Relatives This has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last Name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or Declared unserviceable by the bank here these huge
deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased
had an account valued at about (US$8.5m) Eight Million Five Hundred United
States Dollars.

The bank manager has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have
the Account confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 8 months now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have
the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$8.5M)
Eight Million Five Hundred United States Dollars. This Money can be paid
to you and then you and me can share the money, all necessary legal documents
will be in place that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All
I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please do get in touch with me through this mailbox: mohammedajamichambers9@yahoo.com
for more details, once I have your consent and trust then we can proceed
immediately. Your anticipated response is urgently needed.

Yours faithfully
Barr. A. A. Mohammed (Esq.) of Mohammed & Ajami Chambers


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