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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: jdanbaba@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:56:01 -0800
Subject: Project.

Harmony Chambers
10 Louis Solomon Close,
Victoria Island,
Tel; +234-802-305-2425
EMAIL: j_danbaba3@yahoo.com
Lagos State, Nigeria.

I am Barr. John Danbaba, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to late Mr.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 United States Of America.

Since the death of Chapman, I as his personal attorney, have made several
enquiries to locate his surviving relation, without any success. I came
across your name and contact on the course of my personal search for Chapman's
relations, so I decided to contact you for this project to know if you are
the Next Of Kin to Late Chapman and his family.

I am contacting you to assist in claiming and securing the wealth left behind
in a fixed deposit account by Chapman, before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Union Bank Plc where my late client operated an account
worth $USD7.5 Million Dollars. The board of the Bank issued me a notice
that after 2 months and no relation of his shows up for the claiming of
the said funds, the funds will be declared unserviceable and confiscated.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating Chapman's relation for sometime
now,it is 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 this deposit valued
at $USD7.5 Million Dollars can be released to you for our disbursments.


Upon the receipt of the following, i will send them to the Bank informing
them that you are the Next Of Kin to my late client:

1.Your Full Name as stated in your international passport.

2. Your residence address, age and occupation.

3. Your Cell Phone and Fax Numbers for easier communication.

I have worked out the modalities for the procurring of this transaction
which has met all necessary requirements in our country and those of international
arbitration.

All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction
successfully. I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any breach of the law
both in your country and mine.

Chapman 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 the Bank. Further
details awaits your response by email.

PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.

Regards,

Barr. John Danbaba.




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