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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: UCHMAN ESQ BELLO <uchmann_esq@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:34:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAR..........Lies Huisman


Attn,

I am so sorry to bother your private life,more so as I have no reason to, except for the fact that it is a very important issue that must be tackled immediately to save a situation,establish a partnership and look forward to having a happier business life in future.

I am Barrister Ucman Bello a practicing lawyer and solicitor based here in Lome the capital of Togo,as part of my proffession I am also the personal attorney to Mrs.Riham Sultan,a national of your country,who used to work with Shell Development Company here in Lome Togo.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client,hence it happened that the she registered officially to me as her personal attorney.Unfortunately the woman died in a motor accident which happened on 31th October, 2001.All occupants of the motor accident unfortunately lost their lives two British nationals and one Togolese who was the driver of the vehicle. Since then I have made several enquiries here to locate any of my client`s extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to search for a foreign partner who will assist me to claim as a member of her family.

My contacting you now is to assist me in repartriating the fund valued at US$10.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Firm where this amount was deposited.

The said Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have her account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days.
Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for some years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased if you can assist me so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim all I require from you is your honest co operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through the above email address for more details.
Best regards.

BARRISTER UCHMAN BELLO.


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