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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Kick=20David?= <kickdkickdd@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: kirkdavid100@mcdakirksolicitors.co.uk
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:08:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: urgent


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: kickdkickdd@yahoo.co.uk



Dear Friend,


I wish to approach you with a request that would be of immense benefit

to both of us. I am an attorney based in Scotland United Kingdom. I

want you and I to make some fortune out of a situation that I am obviously

left with no other better option. The issue that I am presenting to you

is a case of my client that willed a fortune to his only daughter. It

is unfortunate that he and his daughter died on the London Bomb attacks

on 7 July 2005. The wife died of heart attack on receiving the sad news

a week after. I am now faced with a problem of getting a trusted person

who I will make the beneficiary that I would pass the fortune to. And

according to the law such fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to the

government if there is not any relatives or next-of-kin of the decease

that would surface for claim of the fortune.


However, I personally don’t belong to such school of thought that

proposes that such fortune be given to the government because this is

cheating and is possible that the top government officials for their own

selfish interest could divert the fortune. Because of this I am contacting

you to seek your acting as the beneficiary of the will. I am my client

attorney and I alone knew about his will. Upon indication of your

interests, all I will do is to amend the will by fitting in your name as the

supposed next-of-kin and back it up with a sworn affidavit, which

automatically became valid. This amendment should be between us and must not

leak out to anyone. It is absolutely confidential.


I have complete information of his bank account details with an

outstanding balance of $48,550,000.00USD ($48.550 Million USD). To make you be

sure of this, I can provide you with details of his bank to enable you

to log on to his account to confirm this balance. I know that you would

be apprehensive and feel that this is a big sum, but it does not matter

because this is a legacy being passed on to a next-of-kin and you are

the available next-of-kin.


As I am not very sure of getting your consent yet on the issue, I

prefer not to divulge my full identity so as not to risk being disbarred.

Until I am sure of your consent and full cooperation then I will not be

afraid to give you my full identity. In the meanwhile, I would prefer

that we maintain correspondence by email and fax. At this point I want to

assure you that your true consent, full cooperation and confidentiality

are all that are required to enable us to take full advantage of this

golden opportunity.


I shall make representation to the legal courts to facilitate the

amendment process within three working days. Since this is a transaction of

immense benefit to both of us, I would want that we shared all expenses

according to our agreed sharing ratio of the fortune. The sharing ratio

shall be 60% for me and 40% for you. This shall also be applicable to

all expenditures that would be incurred in the course of the transaction

because I wouldn’t want either of us to feel cheated. Please note that

this is a legal and risk free transaction that does not in anyway

hamper the monetary laws of your country. It is an inheritance fund.


If you are interested to work with me, please provide me with your

name, address, nationality, age, and date of birth, height, and phone and

fax numbers as required for the amendment of the will. On completion of

this, I will send you a copy of the amended will which you will fax to

the bank with a back up letter written by your good self requesting for

the release of the fund to you. I will also write to the bank as the

legal representative of my client before his demise, ordering for the

transfer of the fund to you, as the beneficiary of his will.


I will appreciate your urgent response in this regard. Thanks for your

anticipated cooperation.


Yours faithfully,


DAVID KIRK.





- Kick David


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