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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: "eze udemba" <ezeudemba777@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:52:31 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER EZE UDEMBA

FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER EZE UDEMBA
CHAMBER: E.UDEMBA & ASSOCIATES
3 Allen Ave. Ikeja. Lagos - Nigeria
Direct E-mail: Ezeudemba@myway.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
INTRODUCTION: I am Barrister Eze Udemba a Solicitor. I am the Personal
Attorney to MR. ADAMS MARTINS national of your country, who used to work
with
CADBURY NIGERIA LIMITED, On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu / Lagos
Express Road.
Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since
then
I have made several enquiries to your 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 over the Internet to
locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.
I contacted you to assist in retrieving the money and property left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about US$10.5M (Ten Million Five Hundred
Thousand United Stated Dollars).
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 the
relatives for over 2 years now.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you
are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$10.5MD can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 50% to
me
and 40% to you,while 10% should be for 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 see 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 direct your reply
through this alternative mailbox Ezeudemba@myway.com if you are intreseted
to enable us discuss further.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Eze Udemba (Esq.).
N.B. Please indicate your contact address, telephone, fax numbers for easy
communication in this mutual transaction

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