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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: Ali Rajab <alirajab002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: alirajab001@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MESSAGE FROM THE LAWYER.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: alirajab002@yahoo.com

Gooday,


I am BARRISTER ALI RAJAB (ATTORNEY). I know that a transaction of this

magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you

that everything will be well at the end of the day. I got your email address

through our chamber of commerce, trade and industry while searching for

trustworthy individual who will assit me in this business.


My client by name Mr. Barry Kelly an American national and oil consultant

who I have been his legal representative (Attorney) for many years died with

the members of his family in autobile accident on 17th July 2001. He has

US$9,800,000.00 (Nine million eight hundred thousand US dollars)

floating in his suspense account and all the effort to locate any member of

his family through their Embassy here proved abortive.


Now, this money is still in the bank and nobody is coming to claim the

money, the Management under the influence of their Chairman and Members of

the Board of Directors ECOBANK PLC mandated me as his lawyer to provide the

next of kin or his relation and failure to do so after 6 years, the fund will

be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to the trust funds for

arms and ammunition according to bank law. This will enhance the course of

War in Africa and the World in general, this is totally a wrong idea, and it

is not good for the world. People are dying outside there due to one or more

dreadful diseases and we can make their lives more meaningful.


In the light of the above. I need you as a foreigner to act as the next of

kin. You will arrange for a bank account I will submit to bank that you are

next of kin to Barry Kelly with your account details as to where the fund

will be transferred as a distance relation.

Send me the following: the name of your Bank you want us to use,


Your full name

Address of your Bnak,

Account number,

Account Beneficiary,

Swift code(if any)


After the successful transfer of this fund to your account, I will make

arrangement to come to your country so that we can share the fund, Your

share will be 30% while 10% is set aside for any expenses incurred during

the course of this project both local and international, the rest of 60%

will be for myself. Please this business is 100% risk free.


Remember to send me your phone and fax number. My sincere regards to you and

your family.


For urgent attension, reply through this

email: alirajab001@yahoo.com


Best Regards,

Barrister ALI RAJAB.

- Ali Rajab


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