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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: "B.J .G UDOH CHAMBER B.J .G UDOH CHAMBER B.J .G UDOH CHAMBER B.J .G UDOH CHAMBER" <gd_chamber6@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:38:47 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOUR REPLY


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Thank for your urgent response and how are you doing? Actually the full name of my late client is Mr.Hesham Sabry. Sequel to your response to my proposal however, I believe with your maximum cooperation we must surely make this work out. I want to use this opportunity to clear your mind about this transaction I have been in a meeting with the Nigerian Federal high court authority.

Like I stressed in my proposal, the Deceased was my client before his demise. my client an his families who perished in the plane crash of November 2nd 1999 {with Egyptian airline 990} with other passengers aboard I want you to understand that your are not being a relative of him is never a barrier to the success of the transaction.

As you can bear with me, a next of kin to one can be his father, Mother, Sister, Wife or Husband, Brother, distant relations (Cousin, Nephew, Niece) In-law, business associate, friend, or even a well wiser.According to Government Policy here, any account that is non-operational for a period after two years is bound to be frozen by the Government. This account could not be frozen after all these YEAR due to my involvement and protective eyes as the attorney.

Unfortunately, I cannot protect the deposit any longer because the pressure is becoming so much on me. If this transaction was not legit I would not have contacted you in the first place.
Moreover you do not expect a man of my caliber and integrity to indulge myself in an act capable of jeopardizing my career which has taken me over 20 years to build.

Therefore, you have nothing to worry about the legitimacy of this transaction, as we proceed you will testify to its legality. However, to enable me commence the necessary legal paperwork at the High Court to authenticate you as the relative of the deceased I shall require the following information from you;

Full names.......
Mailing Address............
Sex............
Age............
Occupation............
Marital status.............
Nationality..............
Fax No..............

As soon as I receive the above information, I shall proceed to the high court of justice here to swear an affidavit of fact to authenticate you as a relative to the deceased and subsequently forward the affidavit to the Probate Registry for a Letter of Administration which will empower the AFRICAN EXPRESS bank to release the deposit without further scrutiny. Once more I wish to thank you for finding time to reply to my letter irrespective of your busy schedule.
I will be waiting for your mail as time is of essence in this transaction,
Regards

BARRISTER G J. UDOH




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