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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: "lawrence george" <lawrence_george444@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lawrence_george333@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:49:25 +0000
Subject: Thanks God bless you

Am Barrister lawrence george; (Solicitor). I am the
Personal Attorney to Mr Robert John a foreign national, who used to work
with shell development company in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April 2000, my client,his wife and
their three children were involved in a ghastly car
accident along Sagbama Express Road. All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then
I have made several enquiries to his embassy to locate
any of my client's extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the
money and property left behind by my client before
they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an
account valued at
about four million and six hundred thousand dollars(
$4.6m; has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or have the account confisicated within the next
ten official working days. Since I have been
unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2
years now.
I seek your consent therefore to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased since you are not from my
country so that the proceeds
of this account valued at $4.6 million dollars can be
paid to you and
then you and me can share the money. 55% to me and 40%
to you,while 5%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may
require, I have all necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make,including the
death certificate issued by a renown university
teaching hospital. All I require 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.Please get in touch
with me by my email to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,
lawrence george (Esq)

N.B:(you can call me only from 8:pm-6:am
(GMT)234-1-7211392


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