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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: "Robert Nelly" <r_nellyesq01@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:53:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: LEGAL INHERITANCE


BARRISTER ROBERT NELLY
Senior Advocate, International Legal Practitioner
Alfa chambers & Financial Attorney
plot 23/25 joint cresent Victoria Island lagos-Nigeria
Email: robert_nellyesq02@yahoo.com

ATTN: MY DEAR LANGE,
,
I AM A LAWYER. I AM THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO LATE MR. KENNETH LANGE, A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO USED TO WORK AS CONTRACTOR WITH CRYSTAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC,HEREINAFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT ON THE 21ST OF APRIL 2004, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ALONG SAGAMU EXPRESS ROAD. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES. SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENT EXTENDED RELATIVES AND THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.

AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY, HENCE I CONTACTED YOU. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY THE BANK WHERE THIS HUGE DEPOSIT WERE LODGED.PARTICULARLY, THE BANK WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED USD $10,000,000.00 HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY CLIENT OR THEY WILL HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED AND THE FUNDS RETURNED TO THE GOVERNMENT.

SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING HIS RELATIVES FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY DECEASED CLIENT, SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME WITH HIM, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR ME TO PRESENT YOU BEFORE THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED ABOVE USD $10,000,000.00 CAN BE PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

SHARING MOULD, 40% TO ME AND 60% TO YOU FOR YOUR KIND EFFORT, I MUST LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE USED TO BACK YOU UP IN MAKING THE CLAIMS FROM THE BANK. ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR HONESTY , RELIABLE , AND DEDICATED.TO ENABLE US SEE THIS TRANSACTION WITH MUTUAL BENEFIT SUCCESSFUL. I GURRANTEE THAT THIS BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER LAGITIMATE ARRENGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.

PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME VIA EMAIL OR YOU CAN SEND TO ME YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU TODAY TO ENABLE US DISCUSS FURTHER ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AND POSITIVE ATTENTION IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.

BEST REGARDS,
BARRISTER: ROBERT NELLY, LLB,LLM,BL,SAN



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