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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: solicitors@educ.ar
Reply-To: l.k.solicitors@uku.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:18:21 +0100
Subject: From Laurence Solicitors!!

Laurence Kaye Esq
Laurence Kaye Solicitors
Wisley House, Gills Hill Lane
Radlett, Herts. WD7 8DD
United Kingdom.
Tel:+44-7040124213
+44-7746740467
Fax:+44-8701367328

I am Laurence Kaye Esq. of Laurence Kaye solicitors in UK; personal lawyer
to our late client Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi who was the chairman of Algosaibi
Diving and Marine Services in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia.

Late Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi a well known Philanthropist had a Sheikh Khalifa
Algosaibi foundation before he died. He made a WILL in our law firm stating
that $10.2M (Ten Million, Two Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars (Only) should be donated to charity homes overseas from Sheikh Khalifa
Algosaibi foundation account. Also stated in the WILL that a random draw
be made and the winner should help to disburse the funds
to charity homes of his/her choice.

We have made a random draw E-mail addresses collections via Multi electronic
internet Search and your e-mail address was picked as the winner. Congratulations!
This implies that you will stand as the beneficiary
to this WILL so that the funds could be processed and transferred into your
account.

This law firm is particularly interested in securing this money from the
Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi foundation; because they have issued a notice instructing
us to produce the beneficiary of this WILL as soon as possible.

It is our utmost desire to execute the WILL of our late client. You are
required to contact this firm immediately to start the process of transferring
this money to any of your designated bank account. I urge you to contact

us immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Sheikh Khalifa
Algosaibi foundation has given us a limited time. Please act fast.

Congratulations once again and I hope we could work together as a team to
execute this WILL successfully.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Laurence Kaye Esq.
For: Laurence Kaye Solicitors.



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