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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: "raymond chuks" <raymond@raymondassociates.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:33:56 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Greetings"
Firstly, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you. I am aware

that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a
relationship, but as time goes on you will realize the need for my action.I
am Barrister.Barr Raymond Chuks, a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr Bartlett Emma Hoffman , a national of your country who
was an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria,on
4/5/2002,my client and his wife ,and their child were involved in a Tragic
Plane crash (BAC 1-11-500 EAS Airlines plane Crash in Kano)along Northern
State of Nigeria. Nigeria's Sports Minister Ishaya Mark Aku, the wife and
son of retired Gen. Jerry Useni, count among the dead.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace 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 where this huge deposits were lodged in an account Valued at about
(US$30Million) which the board of directors of the bank has Issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin within the time frame of two weeks or
havethe account confiscated within the next sixteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over Two 2()
years 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$30 Million U S Dollars can be paid to you and then
youand we Can share the money.60% to me and 30% to you also 10% for the
CharityHomes and the less privileged people in the society, However i will
revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we will make.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.

Your urgent respond on this proposal will be highly appreciated. The
information in this email is confidential, please, if you are not
interesteddestroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems
immediately.You should not retain, copy or use this email for any
purpose,nor discloseall or any part of its content to any other person.
reply to my e-mail address at

info@raymondassociates.net
This is for security purposes,if you need to know more about this, please go

through the Website bellow:http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/05/05/nigeria.crash/


All The Best
Barr Raymomd Chuks (ESQ)
A Solicitor At Law


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