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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: "JOHN ADEYEMI-COKER" <jadc4145@msn.com>
Reply-To: coker4141@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:57:00 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

ADAMS,GABBA & ASSOCIATES
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS, NIGERIA
Email;coker4145@yahoo.co.uk
Date:2nd February,2006.

Dear Friend,

My name is Barrister,John Adeyemi-Coker a legal practitioner and the
personal attorney to late Mr. Khalid Ali Saeed who died with his wife and
two sons in a plane crash on the 4th of May, 2002.

After the death of my client his bank contacted me, as his Attorney to
provide his next-of-kin who should inherit His funds.

The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated
to provide his next-of-kin for the payment of this money within 28 working
days or forfeit the money to the federal government treasury account as an
abandoned property.

After making several unsuccessful attempts to locate his relatives, I
decided to trace his relatives through the Internet inorder to locate any
member of his family yet nothing came out of it.

The bank had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to
confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.

My late client was a successful businessman, an oil magnet here in Nigeria
and he left behind a deposit of($13,722,000.00USD) in his domiciliary bank
account in a commercial bank here in Lagos.
I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to
present you as the next-of-kin of my deceased client, so that you can be
paid the funds left in his bank account.

PLEASE SEE THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR CONFIRMATION:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm

The procedure for approval is simple.Once you indicate your interest, an
affidavit of claim will be made and a letter of admnistration will be
obtained from the probate Registry which will authorise the release of the
funds to you.

An application letter will also be sent to the bank informing them of our
intention to claim the funds this documents and some others will be
notarised and forwarded to the legal department of the Bank for vetting and
approval.

As you can see everything will follow a normal legal process,thereby
assuring you that you are not exposing yourself to any legal problem. I will
back up all necessary documents that will be required
at the court.

You dont have to worry about any risk. All I require is your honest
co-operation 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.

All that is required from you is as follows:
1.Your Full name and contact address as you want them to appear in the
document here.
2. Private telephone number
3. Private fax number
4. Also inform me on how you want the funds to be paid to you.
As you can see time is of great essence as the bank has given me a deadline.

We shall both share the funds this way; 55% for me while 40% will go for
your contribution. 5% should be for expenses cured during the process of
transfer.
Contact me as soon as possible so that I will intimate you with the
details.But if you are not interested,indicate by sending an email so that I
can look for someone who will be interested.
I await your anticipated response.
Thank you.


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