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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: "udom chambers" <u-d777@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: udomlawoffice@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:06:03 +0100
Subject: Treat as urgent,please

Barrister Joseph Udoma Associates Lawoffice
(Solicitors & Advocates)
Legal Consultants & Representatives
28, Allen Avenue, Ikeja
Lagos- Nigeria

Email; udomlawoffice@yahoo.com (In reply please use)

Dear Sir,

I am Barrister Joseph Udoma Esq, the Principal legal consultant of
Udoma & associates lawfirm, and also the legal adviser to
United Bank for Africa Plc, a well-known bank in Nigeria.

One of our accounts with a holding balance of $8.2 Million USD
(United State Dollars) has been dormant and has not been
operated for the past six years.

As the legal adviser of the bank, the account was referred to my
chambers for investigation.

>From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this
account,a foreigner died in August 2000 in an auto accident and
since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of
this money because he has no family members who are aware of
the existence of the account nor the funds.

Also Investigation I carried out from the National Immigration
Department has revealed that the deceased,was also
single on entry into Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the bank
officials and we agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to act
as the next of kin to the deceased to enable us file all the
necessary paperworks for the claim of the money($8.2m) on your
behalf.

We thus propose to do business with you, when the funds have
been released to you.

This transaction is totally risk and trouble free as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drugs, money laundering,
terrorism or any other illegal act.

The sharing of the fund between us, is as follows; 30% of the
total sum will go to you for your effort and commitment to the
success of this transaction. 60% for me and my collague's.
While 10% set aside for expenses incurred in due process of
this transaction.

As soon as i receive an acknowledge of the receipt of this
message in Acceptance, i will immediately start up with the
processing of the document of cliams.

Best Regards

Barrister Joseph Udoma Esq
Principal Consultant
Udoma & Associates lawfirm.

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