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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: "Daniel Dike" <greenhillchambers@bubble.fi>
Reply-To: okaidan640@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:25:04 +0300
Subject: Late Mr. Peter Schweizer.

Dear friend,

I am Barrister Daniel Dike of Greenhills Chambers & Associate. I am the financial lawyer to the late Mr Peter Schweizer and he was an oil merchant with estment in the leading oil in Africa. He invested in lifting oil from Niger delta in Nigeria to other countries where he sales it. He was the highest shareholder in Shell petroleum Bp in 1994. Mr Peter Schweizer met his untimely death via plane crash in the 2002. I was contacted as his lawyer by the Board of Directors of Shell Bp to look for the relative of late Mr Peter Schweizer to enable them transfer the accumulated share dividend of his investment with the Diamond Bank of Nigeira Limited. It is about two years now.

I made some research about the relatives of Mr Peter Schweizer and discorvered through some DNA reports that some other two passengers in the same plane happend to be his wife and only daughter Dorothea Peter Schweize who also died along with him in the crash.

I am contacting you so that both of us can reach an agreement to enable you act as his next of kin and claim the fund.Of course they will believe me because I am his financial lawyer untill his death and I have all his business documents with me.I would have use someone from here for the purppose but the fact that late Mr Schweize is a white man made it impossible for me to present a black man as his next of kin which of course, the bank will not honour.

All the document will be validated in your name and shall be drafted by me to include your name in an application which be forwarded to the bank for the claims.The money is just USD18.2Million dollars. I will personally monitor the progress of the transaction as your lawyer.After we succeed in transfering the money into your account, we will give some portion of the money to charity home in your country and then share the remaining in the ratio 70% to 30% between you and I.

If you are willing to work with me in this regard, please, forward to me through this email address:

1) Your full name and contact address
2) Your phone and fax number ( cell phone)

Thanks and God bless you.

Barr. Daniel Dike Esq.
Greenhills Chambers & Associate.

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