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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: "tobo" <oo@oo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: toboj1@tsamail.co.za
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:39:00 +0100
Subject: HELLO

DEAR

I am Barrister James Tobo an attorney at law, I am just back from Thailand where I identified the corpse of my late client Mr Mark Bush, who sadly died recently alongside all in family in the unfortunate Tsunami incident.

My client and all his family (wife and 2 kids) went to Thailand for holidays and got killed there when the flood ensued, I have identified their corpse and have made arrangements for their remains to be buried in Thailand there and i pray that the almighty grants them eternal rest.

The main reason why am writing you is because my late client has a fixed cash deposit in one of the banks in London here and he died without leaving a will, I have tried contacting his only living relative (who does not even know that this money exists) for weeks now but learnt that he moved out of his rented apartment without leaving any forwarding address, if I do not provide a next of kin very soon this bank will convert this money for themselves so I contacted them through my late client’s financial and investment advisor that I am trying to contact his next of kin and will reach them as soon as I do. This bank and this financial advisor knows that I am Mr Bush’s lawyer so cannot dispute whomever I present as next of kin especially as I was present and instrumental to his establishing this fixed cash deposit with this bank and I have all the necessary documents regarding that and also the source of this money.

All you need to do is stand as the next of kin to my client and you will receive this money. The total amount of this deposit is 8 million pounds and I have all the necessary documents and information the bank will require from you so all you need to do is stand as next of kin and we will get this money out of this bank without any stress at all.

I am sure that this transaction will be very smooth and totally risk free because I have all we will need to get this claim from the bank all i need is someone to stand as next of kin

If you are interested in working with me on this please send me a fax to my fax number 44 8701345557 or call me on my phone number on 44 7979815465(Email Address: toboj3@yahoo.com) so that I will send you more details and I will be in London till we conclude this transaction.

I await your quick reply and if you are not interested please kindly destroy this mail and forget I ever wrote you.



JAMES TOBO


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