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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: "Demola Joseph" <barrister_demolakoseph@msn.com>
Reply-To: barrister_demolajosephwilliams@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:55:23 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS INDISPENSABLE TO MAKE CLAIM.

Barrister Demola J. Williams & Associate
27 & 29 Akintola Close
Off-Waterside Road
Victoria-Island, Lagos
Nigeria
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2005.

From The Humble Desk of;
Demola Joseph Williams
Legal Solicitor To,
Dr. Robert F. King

Deseased In Need of solicitous Next-of-Kin.

Attn: Dear Beloved Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Demola Joseph Williams, a confidant and confile
lawyer of Dr. Robert King. I was called to the Nigeria Bar
Association NBA, on 5th Sept, 1968. Dr. Robert King, was my client over
eight years.

Late Dr. Robert King is a National of your country by the virtue of birth
certificate, and precisely your brother whom you ought by the virtue of this

essential note demand to stand as his next of kin.

Meanwhile, it was sunstantially proven that my Late client, Dr. Robert King
who is your borther was before his abrupt death as a result of Cancer, a
legitimate contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
NNPC, Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, and Nigerian Maritime Authority, NMA but
to mentioned few.

However, my Late client, Dr. Robert King, substantially disclosed and
revealed with proves to me about his business account with a reliable bank
worth $23.7million USDOLLARS ONLY. Honestly in God's witness, i opened
contact with the presiding bank two weeks after the funeral of Late Dr.
Robert King attached with the Deposit Certificate of the Funds to legally
ascertained, verified and properly confirmed the true existence of the funds

in which the bank truely confirmed.

In order words, it was at that point the bank asked me to ask Late Dr.
Robert King wife or child to open contact immdiately with the bank so as to
make claim of this inheritance funds or else the funds will be forward to
the Government Reserve Account as an unclaimed funds. But, i tell you in
good faith of trust by the virtue of this profound medium that your Late
brother, Dr. Robert King does not have any wife or child until his abrupt
death as a result of Cancer. I was so worried precisely over that particular

issue, but he personally made me to understood in my office that his reason
to that decision is personally knwon to him, and cannot affordably be
changed. And you know he cannot be either be confronted or persuaded to make

change of such decision acknowledging the fact that he's up to his decision.

And upon this outstanding basic fact that i hereby seized this opportunity
to imploy you to know precisely that your urgent attention is necessarily
required to join me and make claim of this your Late borther's funds as his
next of kin for an immediate release of his hard earned efforts into your
safe-keeping designated bank account.

We effectively need to commence because there is no time left on our side to

constitute further delay. And from real and genuine inside source in the
Bank, I was categorically briefied about a conspiracy
consitituting by the Bank over the deseased money because since after the
death of Dr. Robert F. King the bank hasn't seen any person approached to
the bank as the deceased next-of-kin. And I logically belived by the virtue
of my profession that the Bank won't behave anything against the ruling law
in banking. And to that effect, I've issued an instruction to the Bank
General Manager that if any act of human right violiation is execise to the
deseased money, I will legally call the Bank to court for committing
criminal offense.

And to that respect, i generally further hereby advised that you kindly
forward to me as stipulated below;
Your full beneficiary's name
Your accurate address
Your tel, cell and fax numbers

Finally, you'll be compensated 40% of the principal amount, 50% for myself,
5% will be used to resolved and settled all financial committments made by
party's involved (you & me) at the legal official getting this funds into
your safe-keeping designated bank account successfully and smoothly planned,

while 5% will be used sharely for orphanage home's in your country
respectively, which is inline to your Late brother's WILL.

I will urgently wait hearing from you to enable us effectively commence
ASAP.

Yours truly,

Demola Joseph Williams (Esq)

YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS INDISPENSABLE TO MAKE CLAIM OF YOUR LATE BROTHER.



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