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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: Bello David <barrbello_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Letter From Barrister Bello David.


BELLO & ASSOCIATES
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
#56 isolo st. Lagos, Nigeria.
234-8033478208
isiekeokofor1@lawyerzone.com

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Bello David, a Solicitor and the personal Attorney to
Mr. James Chapman, a national of your country, who worked with Shell
Development Company in Nigeria.

On the 10th of January 2002, my Client,his wife and two children were
involved in a car accident along Port-Harcourt / Warri Express Road.
Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident, since
then I have made several enquiries at your Embassy here to locate any of my
Client's relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these abortive
attempts I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, but of no
avail. I am contacting you to assist in repartriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or his bank accounts be
declared unserviceable by his bankers, particularly, the Bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about $9 million dollars.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide them with my late Client's Next
of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen (14) banking
days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over
2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are from the same Country so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $9 million dollars can be paid to you.

I propose that when the fund (US$9m) is eventually paid into your bank
account, that it shall be disbursed in the following order, 60% to me and
30% to you, while 10% shall be set aside to off-set all expenses at both
ends and tax as your Government may demand. I have all necessary legal
documents that can be used to back up this claim as they shall be obtained
from the Federal High Court here without contravening the Nigeria laws. 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 to enable us discuss further and
send me your telephone and fax numbers too.

Best regards,

Barrister Bello David.






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