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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: him2004@tiscali.it
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 03:18:03 +0100
Subject: Letter From Barrister Ibrahim Abubu

Letter From Barrister Ibrahim Abubu
ABUBU & ASSOCIATES
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
#11 Lagos, Nigeria.


Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Ibrahim Abubu, a Solicitor and the personal Attorney to
Mr. James Suzanne, a national of your country, who worked with Shell Development
Company in Nigeria.

On the 10th of January 2002, my Client,his wife and two children were involved
in a car accident along Port-Harcourt / Warri Express Road. Unfortunately
they All lost their lives in the event of the accident,
since then I have made several enquiries at your Embassy here to locate
any of my Client's relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these
abortive attempts I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, but
of no avail. I am contacting you to assist in repartriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or his bank
accounts be declared unserviceable by his bankers, particularly, the Bank
where the deceased had an account valued at about $9 million dollars. The
Bank has issued me a notice to provide them with my late Client's Next of
kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen (14) banking
days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 1
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are from the same Country so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $9 million dollars can be paid to you.

I propose that when the fund (US$9m) is eventually paid into your bank account,
that it shall be disbursed in the following order, 60% to me and 30% to
you, while 10% shall be set aside to off-set all expenses at both ends and
tax as your government may demand. I have all necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up this claim as they shall be obtained from the
Federal High Court here without contravening the
Nigeria laws. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
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 to enable us discuss further and
send me your telephone and fax numbers too.

Best regards,

Barrister Ibrahim Abubu.



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