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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: "william ibru" <william_ibruxx1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williamibru05@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:40:04 +0000
Subject: I sincerely need your co-operation and trust.

Barrister William Ibru,
Principal Partner,
William Ibru & Associates.
36 Fola Agoro Street,
Lagos.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am William Ibru, personal attorney to Mr Patrick A, an expartriate who
used to work with Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), here in Nigeria. On the
21st of December 2004, my client was killed in an auto mobile accident.Since
then I have made Several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended
relatives. This has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet hence I
contacted you.

I contacted you to assist me in repartriating the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this deposit was lodged.The name of the bank is Trans international
bank,where the deceased had an account valued at US$7,500,000.00(Seven
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

The bank issued me a notice to provide the next-of- kin or have the account
confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives, I
seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-kin to the deceased,so that
the proceeds of this account valued at US$7.5M can be paid to you and then
you and I can share the money; 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% will be
for expenses and inheritance tax, as your government may require.

I have all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up our
inherittance claims. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us
see the deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

To commence the process of claiming the funds, I will require the following
information:
1. your full names.
2. your telephone and fax numbers.
3. your contact address.
4. your date of birth.
5. your occupation

As soon as I recieve these information I will file-in a formal application
to the bank for the inheritance in your name as next-of-kin of the deceased.
That will enable the bank to process the transaction with you as
beneficiary.

Meanwhile you are welcome to call me for any further clarification on this
matter.
I thank you once again and I await your urgent response

With best regards,
William Ibru

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