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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: JOSSYCHIMA@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:24:33 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Please=20Read=20Me=20And=20=20Reply=20Back=20ASAP=2E=2E=2E?=

From: Barrister Jossy Chima
Jossy Chamber's Nigeria
Email:jossyoffice@yahoo.com


Attn: Sir/Madam

I write in respect of Mr.Edward PS a nationale of your country, who died
with his wife and two children in an auto crash in Kara district of my country
on 31 October 2004 .He was the CEO of M.C.C Constructions Ltd.
He was my client and I have been directed by his bank the Bank to search
for his next of kin to claim fund belonging to the
deceased which has been dormant without any claim either from his family
or relatives.This is because the bank could not locate any of his relatives.The
said amount is USD$9,705,844.00(Nine Million Seven hundred and Five thousand
Eight Hundred and Fourty four Cent .(Plus interest).
Please indicate in your reply if you are related to the deceased as
you are bearing the same surname,or if you would like to work with me in
confidence to have this fund transferred to your account as the located
next of kin.As his personal lawyer I can not have this fund transferred
to my account hence I contacted you.
This chamber desire absolute confidentiality and professionalism in the
handling of this information as all documents will be forwarded to you for
this claim.
Please do get back to me as soon as possible stating your position on this
matter.

Yours Sincerely,
Barr.Chima Jossy
Principal Attorney,
( Solicitors & Advocates of the supreme court of Nigeria)
100 IBB way ,
Abuja-Nigeria.



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