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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: celineada@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:16:38 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE{friel}

From:Barrister CELINE ADA.
of ADA CHAMBERS.
20 Allen Avenue Ikeja
Lagos Nigeria.

Attn:friel,

REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE

I am Barrister CELINE ADA a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr.John C friel a Nationality of your country, who used to work with
the Shell Petroleum 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 children were involved in a car accident along Sagama express-road.

All the occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then
I have made several enquiries 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 properties left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the BNP PARIBAS BANK
LONDON were the deceased has an account valued at about SEVENTEEN MILLION,THREE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$17.322M) has issued
me a notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN or have the account confiscated within
the next few weeks now.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for more than two
years now. I seek your consent to present you as the NEXT OF KIN of the
deceased since you have the same last name with my client, so that the proceeds
of the account valued at US$17.322M) can be paid to you and then you and
me can share the money 60% to me and 40% to you. I have all necessary legal
documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require
from you is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through.I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. Please I will want
you to send to me your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication
and also to have a brief discussion in regards to this transaction.

Do send your reply on my email address.

Best regards,
Barrister CELINE ADA.

Please always contact me on my confidential email address{adachambers@lawyer.com}
and as soon as I receive your response I shall be forwading to you further
details concerning this transaction.


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