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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: "James Edward" <jedward01@msn.com>
Reply-To: jamesedward001@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:35:41 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

GOOD DAY

It is with Heavy Heart I am reaching you regarding the death of my late
client. I am Barrister James edward , the legal adviser to late MR.
MIKE
&
CAROL HALL, a very Wealthy Couple that lived here in the United
Kingdom,
before their recent Death on the 26th of December during the Tsunami
disaster last year (2004).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm) these couple
served
God as very dedicated Christians, they so dedicated their life to God
but
they had no child till they died. They acquired a lot of landed
properties
like lands, Stocks/Bond, house properties, etc. As their legal adviser,
before their death, the husband Mr. Mike & Carol Hall instructed me to
write
his WILL because they had no child; they dedicated their wealth to God.
According to the WILL, their assets should be given out to a ministry
for
the work of God. As their legal adviser, all the documents for the
assets
that are deposited with the security company are in my care. He gave me
the
authority to give out the funds to the Ministries for the work of God.
As
instructed by MR.
MIKE HALL before his death. As a matter of fact the total amount of
money
that is contained in the two trunk Boxes is US$10,000,000.00, they did
not
want the management of the Security Company to know the content of the
consignments, therefore they registered the content of the consignments
as
Family Personal Treasures. Now, the security company believes that what
they
deposited with them were Family Personal Treasures.
As a born again Christian, I have been reading my bible and I have to
do
what is lawful and right in the sight of God by giving out the fund to
the
chosen ministry for the purpose of God's work as instructed by the
owner
before his death. After my fasting and
prayers Today, I asked God to make his choice and direct me to an
honest
Christian /individual or the chosen ministry that deserves this fund by
his
Grace. I have contacted you to assist in Repatriating his chattels and
Capital value amounted to
US$10,000,000.00 (TEN Million United States Dollars Only) deposited
with
this Security Company in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the Consignment
left
behind by my client is Five (2) Trunk Boxes of Family Personal
Treasures
content unidentified to the Security Company.
Note that for your assistance, you will be entitled to share 20% of the
total Inheritance while 5% will be set aside for any unexpected
expenditure
and 50% for any Christian or charity organization in your country,
while 20%
will come to me. However, the Security
Company in Amsterdam has issued me a Final Notice to present his Next
of Kin
/beneficiary for claim or have the Consignment confiscated. Therefore,
on
receipt of your encouraging response, we shall discuss the compulsory
modalities. I have all permissible
indispensable instruments for claim I appeal to you for the fund to be
distributed as stated above. I have just notified the Security Company
where
they deposited the consignments that contained the fund, that I am
moving
the consignment abroad, and the security company is awaiting my
authority to
move the consignment out of the shores of my country.
If you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things
that
will glorify God's name, also distribute as stated above, then do
contact me
with the above mentioned information via
(jamesedward001@yahoo.it) Your prompt response will be highly
appreciated.
Do send me your contact telephone number so that I can reach you on
Telephone

In His Services,
BARRISTER.jAMES EDWARD

Head of Chamber (PP)


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