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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: fred mathins <fredmathins3@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: waiting for ur reply


hello linda

I am Barr.fred mathins personal
attorney to Mr. Samuel Moore, a
national of your country, who used to
work with petrolchemical Oil Company
here in Nigeria herein after,
shall be referred to as my client. My
client with his entire family
(The wife and Children) were involved in a a
local plane crash at kano
enroute abuja(capital city)in Nigeria on may
2002, the crash claimed
all occupant aboard the airline. Unfortunately,
my client and the
family lost their lives in that disaster that needed
not to have
happened. Since then I have made several inquiries to your
embassy to
locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also
proved
unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts. My purpose of

contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and property
left
behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the company where this huge
deposits were
lodged in, whe re the deceased had an account valued at
about US$38.8
Million dollars. The company had issued me a notice to
provide the next of
kin
or have the account confiscated within the
next 14 official working
days. Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for over
one year now I seek your consent as
the next of kin of the deceased, so that
the proceeds of this account
valued at US$8.8 million dollars can be paid to
you. I have all the
necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up your

claim.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the

legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive your

inheritance fund. I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately
to
protect
you from any breach of the law.Find below the site to prove
as
evidence, http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/05/06/stories/20020506004515

00.ht=m
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
I Implore you to
get back to me via this email address,
fred_mathins@sify.com
upon
your acceptance to claim the inheritance fund.

Faithfully Yours,


Barr fred mathins(SAN)

FROM THE OFFICE OF BARRISTER FRED MATHINS
(SAN)

LAGOS CHAMBERS

LAGOS STATE

NIGERIA.

ALTERNATIVE
EMAIL:fred_mathins@sify.com



















































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