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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: "Martins Dike" <md_esq601@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: md_felix@mail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:57:02 +0000
Subject: Dear Evans

Dear Evans,

I am Barrister Martins Dike. (SAN), a Solicitor; I am the Personal Attorney
to one Engr. Michael Evans, a national of your country, who Used to be a
contractor with NNPC here in Nigeria. On the 10th October 2002 my client,
his wife and entire family were involved in a car accident along 3rd
mainland bridge Express Road Lagos Island.Unfortunately they all lost their
lives in the event of the accident, Since then I have made several inquiries
to their Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful.

After these several Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
Relatives,to locate any member of His family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you since you bear the same surname to my late client. I contacted
you to assist in repatriating the money in addition, property left behind by
my client before they get Confiscated or declared Unserviceable by the bank
where these huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$7 million dollars. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official
working days. Since I have been Unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased, regardless of your country, with your name/address; some
vitals will be obtained on your favoUr which will back you as the next of
kin the deceased.The proceeds of this account valued at US$7 Million dollars
can be Paid to you and then you and me can share like this 45% for me and
45% for you, while we will set aside 10% to pay back for any expenses or tax
as your government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
Through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please Reply urgently to enable us discuss further.via this E-mail address:
(md_felix@mail.com)


Barrister Martins Dike

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