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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: barrchris20@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:45:43 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTN=3A=28KEES=29=20URGENT=20REPLY?=

FROM THE DESK OF:
BARRISTER;CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
DIRECTOR, INFORMATIONS PROTOCOL
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUEM COMPANY
KM5, GARKI WAY, LAGOS,NIGERIA.
PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE E-
MAIL:barrchris001@yahoo.co.uk

Dear:Beloved,

How are you today? I hope all is well with you and your family. This mail
may be surprise to you because you did not give me permission to do so and
neither do you know me but before i tell you about my self i want you to
please forgive me for sending the mail without your permission I am Barr;Christian
Anderson, a legal practitioner, I am the personal attorney to Mr David Kees,a
nationale of your country, who used to work with Chevron Nigeria limited,here
in Nigeria. On the 2nd of february 2003, my client,his wife and their three
children were involved in Ikeja bomb blast here in my country. My client
and his family unfortunately lost there lives.

PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided and do some research in the internet,
to locate any member of his family. That is why I contacted you,and the
reason why i contacted you is to assist me in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged where my
client deposited $17.5million dollars.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the Account
confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 Years now I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds
of this account valued at US$17.5million dollars can be transferred to your
account there in your country,then you and me can share the money.I have
all necessary legal documents that back up the claim we may make.All I require
is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Please indicate your readiness to assist
me,so that all the informations about this funds will be passed to a you
immediately.

You should send to me your fullnames, your private telephoneumbers,fax number
date of birth emlpoyment status, for easy communications.And also ssure
me of your trust and remember that the trust in business is confidentiality.So
let it be only between me and you.If you give me your full coperation and
this transaction is properly executed,I am prepared to give you 40% of the
total sum for your kind assistance.60% will be for me and we will map out
some percentage for any expenceswe may incure along in this transaction.Please
get in touch with me by my private email below to enable us discuss further.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Barr;Christian Anderson
please send your response to my alternate
email:barrchris001@yahoo.co.uk




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