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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: esq_milton@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:03:59 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMMEDIATE=20ATTENTION?=

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Milton Joe,a solicitor at law. I am
the
personal Attorney To Mr Johnnie Sharp, a national of
your country, On the 21st of April 1999, my client was
involved in a car accident,Unfortunately he lost his
life.

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 deposit was lodged The bank where the
deceased had a account valued at about 19.8 million
dollars Has issued me a notice to provid the next of
kin or have the account Confiscated within the next
twenty official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives,and considring the fact that you have the
same last name with my late client,I now seek your
consent to present you as the next of
kin Of the deceased so that the Proceeds of this
account valued at 19.8 million US
dollars can be paid to you,subsequently to be shared
among us If you agree, we can discuss your percentage.
Ihave 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
seeing this deal Through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of
the law.And also i would like to get your phone number
and full contact address for quick action.
Awaiting your response.

Best regards,

Milton Joe(Esq)

N:B PLEASE REPLY TO MY ALTERNATE EMAIL(milton_joe23@yahoo.co.uk)



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