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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: danielxtopher@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:03:33 -0800
Subject: call me for more details tel:+23414345241


I am Barr.daniel christopher a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to late Mr. Robert Chapman the African Area Director of SIL
International, who unfortunately died in the crash of Kenya Airways
Flight 431 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30 2000. You will read
more stories about the crash on visiting this
website,news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kenya2000.html and
also in this website, where Chapman's company talked about his death
in the Kenya crash. You shall as well find the pictures of Chapman
and his wife there. Mr. Chapman Hailed from Hamilton, Ontario Canada.

Since the death of Chapman, I as his personal attorney, have made
several enquiries to locate his only surviving relation, without any
success. I came across your name and contact on the course of my
personal searching for Chapman's relations, so I decided to contact
you for this project.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth
left behind in a fixed deposit account by Robert, before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by Eco Bank Plc where my client
operates an account worth $USD7.5 Million Dollars. The board of Eco
Bank Plc has issued me a notice that after 2 months from now and no
next of kin shown up for the claiming of the said funds, the funds
will be confiscated and declared unserviceable. Since I and my team
have been unsuccessful in locating Robert's relatives for sometime
now,it on this note that I seek your consent to present you as the
Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner,so that the
proceed of this deposit valued at $USD7.5 Million Dollars can be
released to you for our
disbursments. I and my team have agreed to offer you 25% of the total
sum,Upon successful remittance of funds into your bank account,5% has
been set aside to cover all expenses incurred both local and
international, during the course of this transfer.,while 70% will be
for me and my team.
All requires is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
business
successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement which will protect you from any breach of the law. Robert
was a very good man and it is not wise for me to allow his hard
earned wealth to be stolen by the greedy directors of Eco Bank
Plc.Further details awaits your response by email. PLEASE, TREAT THIS
PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET. Do not hesitate to include your private phone
and fax
number,when replying this proposal,you can also email me on this
alternative email address: xdanielxtopher1@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Barr.Daniel christopher
call me for more details tel:+23414345241





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