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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: "john davidson" <johndavidson_2002@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:55:12 -0400
Subject: TRUST




MR. DAVIDSON SMITH, ESQ

DAVIDSON SMITH LAW CHAMBERS

LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE LAWYERS

LONDON W1H 5AA.


My name is Davidson Smith, Principal Partner in Davidson

Smith Law Chambers, London, UK. I used to be a

personal attorney to Mr. Mohammed Saibi who was the

chairman of Algosaibi Diving and Marine Services in

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Saibi died late last year

of heart attack at the ripe age of 79 years.

Mr. Mohammed Saibi a Saudi Arabia Philanthropist,

before he died, made a will in my law firm stating

that $26M (Twenty six million U.S. dollars only)

should be donated to any charity home/beneficiary of

our choice overseas as his last contribution to

humanity when it became obvious that he will not be

alive.The true situation at the moment is that the

said amount of money was deposited with a security

company only to be paid out to any foreign

beneficiary. The foreign beneficiary would have to be

picked by my law office. This implies that you will

stand as the beneficiary to this Will so that the

funds could be processed and transferred to your

account if you are ready and in a position to assist

me.All you need do is to declare your interest and

show seriousness. The paper works to present you as

the benficiary will be done by me.

I am particularly interested in securing this money

from the Security company because they have issued a

notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of

this funds as soon as possible, else the account

would be made dormant since Mr. Saibi was ill for a

long period of time before his demise. If you are

interested in assisting me, I will give you 40% of the

entire funds after paying taxes due to your government

and expenses during the course of this deal withdrawn

from it. The balance will be mine although I intend to

send some of it to a charity organization.

I urge you to contact me immediately for further

details if you are satisfied with my proposition and

feel you are in a position to assist me. Bearing in

mind the confidential nature of this transaction, I

will prefer you respond through mail.

Respecfully summited.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Davidson Smith Esq.

For: Davidson Smith Law Chambers.


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