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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: "BARRISTER ROCHAS CHIEME" <barrister_rochaschieme@msn.com>
Reply-To: barr_rochaschieme@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:11:43 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

BARRISTER ROCHAS CHIEME. L.L.B. L.L.M B.L
(ATTORNEY & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
FEDERAL HIGH COURT BENIN
WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,
14 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENin
E-MAIL:barr_rochaschieme@yahoo.com


Attn: My Dear,

Compliments, I barrister Rochas Chieme have decided to bestow this trust on
you, which I pray you will not ignore or betray. I apologize in advance for
any inAconveniences this may cause you. I am Barrister Rochas Chieme the
Personal Attorney to late Mr Fred, who was a contractor here in Republic of
Benin .Who, on December 2003, with his entire family were perished in the
Air-Crash on board From
.Cotonou.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm As a matter of fact,
my client made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at (USD$10.7M) with (ADB)
Africa development Bank here in Rep Benin, and upon the duration time of
their agreement, his bank started contacting him but no
response.Consequently, the Bank issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin to the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account
confiscated after four years, as it is in the law of this country. Since
then, I have made several contacts to His Countries Embassy in order to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, which had also been
unsuccessful.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since none of his relatives were no way to be found so that the proceeds of
this account valued at $10.7m could be transferred into your account,
thereafter, we will both share it in percentage according to our
contributions to boost the success of this great transaction. I have all the
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all the claims we will
make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make this great
benefiting transaction successfully. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please get in touch with me as fast as possible through phone and
email also to enable us discuss further the progress of this
business.barr_rochaschieme@yahoo.com

With best wishes,
Hon:Rochas Chieme,
Senior advocate of Benin(SAB).


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