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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: "Mommo Ade Sanni" <mommoadesanni@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:25:20 -0600
Subject: HOW ARE YOU TODAY

>From Barrister Ade sanni & Associate Chambers
Ikoyi, Lagos.
Reply to my private email: sani_sanni20@yahoo.com

Dear friend

Greetings with good faith. I am Barrister Ade Sanni, a solicitor at
law. I am the personal attorney to Mr.Mack a national of your country, who
used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria.
Here
in after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 27th of January 2002, 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 their lives. Since then I have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives but all to no avail. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided
to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his
family which i could not, hence I contacted you,to act as my late client
next
of kinI have contacted you to assist 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.
Particularly, the
finance company where the deceased had an account valued at about
USD$15.950,
000 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next few weeks.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this
account valued at USD15.950,000 million dollars can be paid to you and then
you
and me can share the money in the following ratio: 60% to me and 35% to
you, and also 5% for any expenses that may be incurred during the process of
this transaction, like telephone bills. I have all necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

To be honest with you, I have worked out the modalities of this
transaction.All I require is your sincere cooperation to enable us seeing
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 if you are interested to work with me with good faith and
honesty, get in touch with me via my email. Also, send to me your telephone
and
fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction, and also your
banking details and address where this fund will be released into. I
would prefer a virgin account for this transfer.

I hope to hear from you regards the successful conclusion of this great
transaction. God bless you.
PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM WHAT I AM TELLING YOU.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm
Best regards,
Barrister Barr Ade Sanni.
http://www.nigerianlawyers.com/Chukuka.Delanu.htm

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