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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: "wilson keke" <wilsonkeke@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:09:43 +0000
Subject: Inheritance Fund Urgent Info.

FROM BARRISTER WILSON KEKE ( LLB-HONS.)
C/O EQUITY CHAMBER & SOLICITORS.
393 OLD OJO ROAD, AMUWO ODOFIN
LAGOS-NIGERIA
"STRICTLY" TO BE REPLIED THROUGH THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS:(wilsonkeke35@yahoo.co.uk)

Hello Wouters,

I am Barrister Wilson Keke, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme court
of Nigeria,I am the Personal Attorney to Late Mr. Mark Wouters An
expertriate who was a consultant with shell development oil company in
Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000,my client and his wife were involved in a
car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately they lost their
lives in the event of the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries as
to locate any of his extended relatives, but all proved abortive.

After several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to traces his relatives over
the Internet,to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I
decided to contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money value data
about(US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client (Late Mr Mark) with the
Zenith Bank Nigeria plc before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable.

Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased,
the proceed of this account valued at (US$11.5 million
dollars) can be paid to your account and then you and
I can share the money.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this
claim as I have been with him as his attorney over 7 years.

You are required therefore to answer this questions to enable us make our
recommendation.

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation Mark born on the 2nd of February
1951, who shares your same name whose last known contact address was West
Africa?

2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a
person at the Private Banking Division of Zenith Bank Plc?

3-Can you confirm your willingness to accept this inheritance if you are
legally and legitimately nominated and approved to stand as inheritor to
this huge investment in regards to the bank account with
Zenith Bank Plc ?

4-Would you agree to donate part of this inheritance to charity if you are
officially approved to stand as the inheritor?

It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar with
this personality or and your interest towards the issues mentioned.

You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more
detailed information at this point. Please respond to this mail as soon as
possible to afford us the opportunity to provide you with more
information on this investigation and recommendation.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any
hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of the law during and after the
operation.

"STRICTLY" TO BE REPLIED THROUGH THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS:(wilsonkeke35@yahoo.co.uk)


Looking forward to your response.

Yours Sincerely,

Barrister Wilson Keke(Esq).

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