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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: "Adilovu Adi" <adilovu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: adilovu_10@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:27:24 -0500
Subject: please read and reply

Dear friend

I am Barrister Smith Adilovu of adilovu chambers and Associate here in
London. My office is at Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Manchester,
M_381.

I am the Estate/Financial Attorney to late Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza a native
of Kingdom of Soudi Arabia and a nationalized British citizen He lived in
Manchester Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne,
Lancashire, OL7 Uk. before his dead.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza was a business morghul. he was into exportation,
properties and oil business. he has investment in most of the leading oil
companies in world . he has an oil well in Niger delta region in Nigeria
where he lifts and exports crude oil to many countries.He was the highest
share holder of Shell Nigerian petroliuem Bp in 1994.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza met his untimely dead in tsunami disaster in Asia on
a vacation with his family to Indonesia. I was contacted as his Attorney by
the board of director shell Bp to look for the relative of late Mr Mahmood
Akbari Reza to enable them process and authorize the transfer of
the accumulated share dividend and other accrued investment income that is
with the
Union bank of Nigeria PLc. I made some research about the relatives of Mr
Mahmood Akbari Reza and discorvered through a DNA reports that his "would
have been" next of kin which is the only
daughter Memunat and the wife Mrs Modinat died with him in the Tsunamis
invent.
I am contacting you for us to reach an agreement so that I present you as
his next of kin and process the claims with your name.

The bank from Nigeria where he has about $15.5million dollars acrued from
his investment incomes has contacted me to forward them the details of my
late clients next of kin to enable them
release the money to the person. I need your full cooperation to champion
this
transaction to a succesifull conclusion.

All the documents will be validated in your name. And I will also affix your
name in replacement of his
daugher who would have inherit the fund but she died with him in the
disaster. I need the followings informations from you to process the claim
with it:

!) Your full name and address
2) Your Age and occupation
3) Your international passport or driving license number
4) Your telephone and fax number for effective flow of communication
5) your full cooperation, devotion and responsiveness to all correspondent
to enable us finalize the transaction with 7 to 9 working days period.

The bank are waiting for me now just to send them the required details of
the would be beneficiary of my late client for them to process the transfer
with it. otherwsie if i failed to present
somebody, at the end of this financial season, the money will be send to the
government of
Nigerians treasury account as an unclaimed fund with the tag " beneficiary
unknown" Immidiately everything is in place, I will fly down to Nigeria to
monitor the progress of the transaction as your
lawyer.

After we suceed in the process of transfering the money to your
company/private account,We will give 30% of the money to charity home in
your country and then share the remaining 70/30% .If you are willing to work
with me in this. send your reply to adilovu_10@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and God Bless
Barrister, Smith AdilovuDear friend

I am Barrister Smith Adilovu of adilovu chambers and Associate here in
London. My office is at Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Manchester,
M_381.

I am the Estate/Financial Attorney to late Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza a native
of Kingdom of Soudi Arabia and a nationalized British citizen He lived in
Manchester Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne,
Lancashire, OL7 Uk. before his dead.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza was a business morghul. he was into exportation,
properties and oil business. he has investment in most of the leading oil
companies in world . he has an oil well in Niger delta region in Nigeria
where he lifts and exports crude oil to many countries.He was the highest
share holder of Shell Nigerian petroliuem Bp in 1994.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza met his untimely dead in tsunami disaster in Asia on
a vacation with his family to Indonesia. I was contacted as his Attorney by
the board of director shell Bp to look for the relative of late Mr Mahmood
Akbari Reza to enable them process and authorize the transfer of
the accumulated share dividend and other accrued investment income that is
with the
Union bank of Nigeria PLc. I made some research about the relatives of Mr
Mahmood Akbari Reza and discorvered through a DNA reports that his "would
have been" next of kin which is the only
daughter Memunat and the wife Mrs Modinat died with him in the Tsunamis
invent.
I am contacting you for us to reach an agreement so that I present you as
his next of kin and process the claims with your name.

The bank from Nigeria where he has about $15.5million dollars acrued from
his investment incomes has contacted me to forward them the details of my
late clients next of kin to enable them
release the money to the person. I need your full cooperation to champion
this
transaction to a succesifull conclusion.

All the documents will be validated in your name. And I will also affix your
name in replacement of his
daugher who would have inherit the fund but she died with him in the
disaster. I need the followings informations from you to process the claim
with it:

!) Your full name and address
2) Your Age and occupation
3) Your international passport or driving license number
4) Your telephone and fax number for effective flow of communication
5) your full cooperation, devotion and responsiveness to all correspondent
to enable us finalize the transaction with 7 to 9 working days period.

The bank are waiting for me now just to send them the required details of
the would be beneficiary of my late client for them to process the transfer
with it. otherwsie if i failed to present
somebody, at the end of this financial season, the money will be send to the
government of
Nigerians treasury account as an unclaimed fund with the tag " beneficiary
unknown" Immidiately everything is in place, I will fly down to Nigeria to
monitor the progress of the transaction as your
lawyer.

After we suceed in the process of transfering the money to your
company/private account,We will give 30% of the money to charity home in
your country and then share the remaining 70/30% .If you are willing to work
with me in this. send your reply to adilovu_10@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and God Bless
Barrister, Smith AdilovuDear friend

I am Barrister Smith Adilovu of adilovu chambers and Associate here in
London. My office is at Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Manchester,
M_381.

I am the Estate/Financial Attorney to late Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza a native
of Kingdom of Soudi Arabia and a nationalized British citizen He lived in
Manchester Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne,
Lancashire, OL7 Uk. before his dead.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza was a business morghul. he was into exportation,
properties and oil business. he has investment in most of the leading oil
companies in world . he has an oil well in Niger delta region in Nigeria
where he lifts and exports crude oil to many countries.He was the highest
share holder of Shell Nigerian petroliuem Bp in 1994.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza met his untimely dead in tsunami disaster in Asia on
a vacation with his family to Indonesia. I was contacted as his Attorney by
the board of director shell Bp to look for the relative of late Mr Mahmood
Akbari Reza to enable them process and authorize the transfer of
the accumulated share dividend and other accrued investment income that is
with the
Union bank of Nigeria PLc. I made some research about the relatives of Mr
Mahmood Akbari Reza and discorvered through a DNA reports that his "would
have been" next of kin which is the only
daughter Memunat and the wife Mrs Modinat died with him in the Tsunamis
invent.
I am contacting you for us to reach an agreement so that I present you as
his next of kin and process the claims with your name.

The bank from Nigeria where he has about $15.5million dollars acrued from
his investment incomes has contacted me to forward them the details of my
late clients next of kin to enable them
release the money to the person. I need your full cooperation to champion
this
transaction to a succesifull conclusion.

All the documents will be validated in your name. And I will also affix your
name in replacement of his
daugher who would have inherit the fund but she died with him in the
disaster. I need the followings informations from you to process the claim
with it:

!) Your full name and address
2) Your Age and occupation
3) Your international passport or driving license number
4) Your telephone and fax number for effective flow of communication
5) your full cooperation, devotion and responsiveness to all correspondent
to enable us finalize the transaction with 7 to 9 working days period.

The bank are waiting for me now just to send them the required details of
the would be beneficiary of my late client for them to process the transfer
with it. otherwsie if i failed to present
somebody, at the end of this financial season, the money will be send to the
government of
Nigerians treasury account as an unclaimed fund with the tag " beneficiary
unknown" Immidiately everything is in place, I will fly down to Nigeria to
monitor the progress of the transaction as your
lawyer.

After we suceed in the process of transfering the money to your
company/private account,We will give 30% of the money to charity home in
your country and then share the remaining 70/30% .If you are willing to work
with me in this. send your reply to adilovu_10@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and God Bless
Barrister, Smith AdilovuDear friend

I am Barrister Smith Adilovu of adilovu chambers and Associate here in
London. My office is at Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Manchester,
M_381.

I am the Estate/Financial Attorney to late Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza a native
of Kingdom of Soudi Arabia and a nationalized British citizen He lived in
Manchester Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne,
Lancashire, OL7 Uk. before his dead.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza was a business morghul. he was into exportation,
properties and oil business. he has investment in most of the leading oil
companies in world . he has an oil well in Niger delta region in Nigeria
where he lifts and exports crude oil to many countries.He was the highest
share holder of Shell Nigerian petroliuem Bp in 1994.

Mr Mahmood Akbari Reza met his untimely dead in tsunami disaster in Asia on
a vacation with his family to Indonesia. I was contacted as his Attorney by
the board of director shell Bp to look for the relative of late Mr Mahmood
Akbari Reza to enable them process and authorize the transfer of
the accumulated share dividend and other accrued investment income that is
with the
Union bank of Nigeria PLc. I made some research about the relatives of Mr
Mahmood Akbari Reza and discorvered through a DNA reports that his "would
have been" next of kin which is the only
daughter Memunat and the wife Mrs Modinat died with him in the Tsunamis
invent.
I am contacting you for us to reach an agreement so that I present you as
his next of kin and process the claims with your name.

The bank from Nigeria where he has about $15.5million dollars acrued from
his investment incomes has contacted me to forward them the details of my
late clients next of kin to enable them
release the money to the person. I need your full cooperation to champion
this
transaction to a succesifull conclusion.

All the documents will be validated in your name. And I will also affix your
name in replacement of his
daugher who would have inherit the fund but she died with him in the
disaster. I need the followings informations from you to process the claim
with it:

!) Your full name and address
2) Your Age and occupation
3) Your international passport or driving license number
4) Your telephone and fax number for effective flow of communication
5) your full cooperation, devotion and responsiveness to all correspondent
to enable us finalize the transaction with 7 to 9 working days period.

The bank are waiting for me now just to send them the required details of
the would be beneficiary of my late client for them to process the transfer
with it. otherwsie if i failed to present
somebody, at the end of this financial season, the money will be send to the
government of
Nigerians treasury account as an unclaimed fund with the tag " beneficiary
unknown" Immidiately everything is in place, I will fly down to Nigeria to
monitor the progress of the transaction as your
lawyer.

After we suceed in the process of transfering the money to your
company/private account,We will give 30% of the money to charity home in
your country and then share the remaining 70/30% .If you are willing to work
with me in this. send your reply to adilovu_10@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and God Bless
Barrister, Smith Adilovu



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