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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: "Fred Graham" <kossichambers@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:11:11 +0000
Subject: ATTEND TO THIS CARL

>From Barri.Fred Graham
Kossi & Kossi Associates


Attn: Carl ,

I am Barrister Fred Graham , a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Late Engineer Louis Carl, native of your country, who used to work with
RCC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY NIGERIA WARRI . Here in after shall be referred to
as my client,On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their three
children were involved in a car accident along warri express road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I
have made several enquiries for your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these
severalunsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.Particularly,the RELIANCE BANK
PLC where the deceased has an account valued at about US$7.5 Million has
issued me a mandate to provide the next-of-kin or have the account
confiscated within the 6 weeks.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for over 3 years now. I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased to have the same last name so that the
proceeds of this account valued at US$7.5 Million can be paid to you and
then you i and can have the money of which 60% to me and 40% to you. I have
all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup any claim we may
make.

All Irequire is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the Law.Moreover in response of this
mail i will also like you to send across to me your private telephone number
for communication backup.

Please get in touch with me immediately if you are interested and
trustworthy as I do not have much time in my disposal. You can as well
responsed through my alternative email via : kossi_chambers@yahoo.com

please reply to so as to thank you in advance for your anticipated
co-operation.

Best Regards,


Barr.Fred Graham .


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