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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: lawchamber@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:31:09 -0800
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK

Dear Sir,

I am sure you will be surprised at this letter that I am
sending to you as we have never met before. But let me
introduce myself to you.I am Barrister ,Robert Mcclure
solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr. Kenneth Jack a national of America, who
used to work with
Shell-development Company in NIGERIA. Here in aftershall be
referred to as my client.

In 2001, I discovered from his contract employee, the
Shell-development Company of Nigeria that my client is
dead. Unfortunately, was a victim of the AF4590 German
Concorde plane that crashed in France. Check the site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
On further investigation the entire family was in the
plane, and no declaretion of inheritance on the deposit
made to the Bank, as he intend to invest in ASIA.
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, to
locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the moneyand
property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were
lodged.
Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had an
account valued at about $7.5 million (SEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSND U.S.DOLLARS).


They issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account
confiscated within the next fourteen official working
days.Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3
years now, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased
since,I was not able to locate his relatives.

so that the proceeds of this account valued at $7.5 million
dollars can
be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 65%
to me and
30% to you. and 5% will be used for any expenes we may
encounter.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up any
claim we may 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.Please get in touch with me by my email and send to me
your telephone
and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this
transaction.

Best regards,

Barrister ROBERT MCCLURE



N:B Kindly reply me through this E-mail address for
security reasons.
(robertmcclurechambers@lawyersmail.com)







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