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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: NYAME CHRIS <chris_nyame2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:11:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Barrister Chris Nyame.


My Good Friend Singh,

This letter is never spam and also never scam as you said. Anyway, I am very much happy to receive your reply and I will use this opportunity to brief you more about this business and the procedures to achieve it. I could have preferred us having a meeting before moving ahead for this business but time is no longer on our side again as the security company has giving me another mandate to locate the next of kin within 14 official working days or they will have the deposit confiscated.

As I said in my first mail, I am Barrister Chris Nyame the Personal Attorney to Mr. Ali El Ashgar who died on a car accident along the Hillakondji Express Road. Till now, none of his next of kin can be found. And that is my reason of contacting you, to present you as his next of kin. Your first or last name will never be a barrier to this business. I am a lawyer and know how to make this business a successful one.

There is no risk whatsoever in this business. This business is 100% risk free.

The security company knows me as his personal lawyer and must surely accept you as his next of kin. The only problem is for the security company to accept you as the next of kin to my late client. If the security company accepts you as the next of kin, is rest assured that we have succeeded in achieving our goal. After the security company might have confirmed you as the next of kin, all the legal documents related to this consignment like certificate of deposit and the certificate of ownership will be issued in your name as the beneficiary to the consignment. And copies of these document will be also sent to your for your perusal. After all the legal documents has been finally secured in your name, you will then be required to come over here in person to open a non resident account where the funds will be lodged first before being transferred into your home account.
As you may know, we are not going to carry the said amount in cash to your country. As soon as you arrive here, we shall be going straight to the security company for the claim. But before that, you have to open a non-resident account here in your name where the money will first be lodged before being transferred into your local account.

As soon as you arrive here, we will move straight to the security company for the claim and after making the claim from the security company, we can then deposit the whole of the money into that account in which you will open here and will then instruct the bank to be transferring all into your home account little by little till everything is over. After the whole of the money has been finally transferred into your home account, we can then go back to your country for the sharing and for my investment project. My share of the money will be invested in your country by your advice.

The only thing is to know how long it will take you to obtain your visa to here. More so, we are to give to the charity homes 10% after the business as compensation to my late client.10% will be set aside for any expenses we may in cure from both sides. You will be entitled of 40% and I will be entitled of 40% also.

Now, you are to send immediately the below information to enable me secure all the legal documents that will back up the claim in your name. All the entire documents that will back up this claim will be legally provided in your name.

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.
TWO PAGES OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT (first and second pages).YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

I will be going to the company to submit your name as the next of kin to my late client as soon as I receive the above information’s.

I repeat, this business is 100% risk free.

This business should be kept secret and should not be discuss with any body till everything is over.

You can call me on this telephone number: 233 24 3031157.

I will be waiting for your reply.

Yours truly,

Barrister Chris Nyame.

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