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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: martins200@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 03:00:14 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN?=








GOOD DAY,

I am Barr. Martins . I am Personal Anttorney to Engr. STEVE
MOORE A National of your country, who is a contractor with the
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Herein after shall
be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my client, his wife and their
three children were involved in the the Kenya Airways flight with registration
number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the
passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this
fatal air crash on 30 JAN 2000.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
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 these huge deposits were
lodged,particularly the STANDAD TRUST BANK.Where the deceased had an account
valued at about ($27 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official
working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over
2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at ($35 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you
and I can share the money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen
bottle necks we might incure in this transaction an attorney will be contracted
to help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make. All require is your honest
co-operation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

Best regards,

Barr. Martins (EsQ).










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