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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: "fred dede" <barrsfred26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrister_d2@yahoo.com.au
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:18:12 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

Dear Groot,

I am Barrister Fred Dede an Attorney .I am the Personal Attorney to late
Engr. Mark Groot, an expatriate foreign national who worked with a foreign
Oil Servicing and Development Company, Wilbros Inc. in Port Harcourt here.

On the 30th June 2003, my client his,wife Danielle and their only daughter,
Shirley were killed by dare devil armed robbers while returning to their
base here.

Since the entire family were killed I have made several enquiries to locate
any of my client's extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the web, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I
contacted you for your assistance to present your name to the bank as the
Next of Kin to secure the release of late Mr Mark's funds deposited in the
bank.

I contacted you to assist me to get the bank where he deposited his funds to
release the funds in your favour as the Next of Kin so as to prevent the
bank from confiscating or declaring his deposit as unserviceable lodgement
and thereby appropriating it unjustly.

I would like to inform you that apart from his late wife and daughter I am
the only person privy to his deposit of the fund at the bank as his long
time ally and Attorney.

My deceased client made a deposit of US$15MILLION in his account and this
total amount is now trapped in the bank .

As his Attorney here, the bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next of
kin of the deceased for the payment or have the account confiscated within
the next three weeks.
Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives of the deceased
I therefore seek your honest support and consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$15 million can be paid in your favour as the legal next of kin and then
you and I will share the money 50% to me and 40% to you,while 10% should be
for expenses or tax as your government may require.

I have the legal authority as his attorney to present you to the bank as my
client's next of kin.

Be assured that valid legal documentation will be processed and notarized
and certified in our Probate Court in your name to back up our claim for
this payment.

The documentation will place you in position of claim to legally receive the
payment from the bank concerned in line with legal provision and regulation
for such payment since the deceased died in testate [ that is , without a
WILL].

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.

I guarantee that the transfer of the funds in your favour as the Next of Kin
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.

Finally, I reassur you that this transaction will not be a failure so long
as we follow appropriate and recognized legal channels.You will not be
disappointed if you assist me in this transaction.

Please I appeal to you to get in touch with me via my email and send me your
private number to call you so as to discuss this properly for better
understanding before we proceed.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Barrister Fred Dede.

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