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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: barristerandrew@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:54:07 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BE=20THE=20NEXT=20OF=20KIN=20TO=20MY=20LATE=20CLIENT=2E?=

FROM THE DESK OF (BARRISTER ANDREW UBAN).
SOLICITOR AT LAW.
OFFICE ADDRESS; 10B RUFUS STREET
MARYLAND-LAGOS NIGERIA.
HOUSE ADDRESS: 19C, ABIOLA ODEKUN WAY,
VICTORIA ISLAND.
LAGOS-NIGERIA. SUBJECT: BE THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY LATE CLIENT.
Email:- barristerandrew1965@hotmail.com

Dear Friend,

Good day to you in the name of God.

My name is Barrister .A. Andrew, an attorney and personal lawyer to late
Engr. ADAMS BÖTTCHER, was a member of board of directors of some blue chip
companies . He retired in 1992 and started oil lifting business till his
death on the 4th of May 2002 in a plane crash in which his wife and two
children died. They have since been buried. May thier Soul rest in peace!

Please see the following website for information about the plane crash were
over 100 people died:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/01/30/nigeria.crash/

http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrplane.crash

Before his death, Engr. Mark Stephen has a deposit with a finance firm.
THe bank has mandated me to provide his next-of-kin within three weeks or
else the money will be confiscated.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. To this effect, I have made
several efforts to locate any relative of the man but have failed to make
any meaningful progress.

No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that
his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives .
I seek your consent to present you as the beneficiary of the funds so that
the proceeds of this account valued at US$25.7 million can be paid to you
and then you and me can share the money.
70% to me and 30% to you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. Now that the deadline given is at hand, I would like you to
assist me in recovering this money from the bank as my late client's
next-of-kin.
There will be all necessary documentation to see to this. The procedure
for approval is simple once you indicate your interest, an affidavit of
claim will be made and a letter of admnistration obtained from the probate
Registry which will authorise the release of the funds to you. This
documents
and some others will be notarised and forwarded to the legal department
of the Bank for vetting and approval.

As you can see everything will follow a normal legal process, thereby
assuring
you that you are not exposing yourself to any legal problem.
I will back up all necessary documents that will be required from the court.
You dont have to worry about any risk.

All I require is your honest co-operation 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.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following
information
to me:

(a). Your Full name
(b) Your contact address
(c) Private telephone number and fax numbers
(d) Your Bank account details, where you will recieve the fund.
As you can see time is of great essence as the bank has given me deadline.

Contact me so that I will give you more information and forward all
necessary documents that will clarify you more on the legitimate of the
process. But
were you are not capable to do this transaction, please let me know so that
I can look for another person that will be capable. I expect to hear from
you immediately. Reply me through this secured email address <barristerandrew1965@hotmail.com>

Best Regards,

(Barrister Andrew Uban).




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