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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: BARR SAMUEL AGBALA CHAMBER <sam_chamber1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: samuelagbala2006@myway.com
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:27:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT


Dear Friend
I need you to assist me,I am Barrister SAMUEL AGBALA a Solicitor at
law. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.Albert k.k, a national of
your country,who use to work with shell development company in
Nigeria.On the 2nd of may 2002, my client with his wife And their
three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu Express
Road. All occupants of the vehicle nfortunately lost there lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate
any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I
have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money that belong
to my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge amount deposits were lodged
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about $40 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official
working days. since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the
relatives for over 4 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 $40 million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.
55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as
your government may require, I have the Certificate of deposit 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
you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with
me by my email (samuelagbalachamber@myway.com) to enable us discuss
further.
GET BANK TO ME ONLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL
(samuelagbalachamber@myway.com) FOR EMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION
Best regards
BARRISTER SAMUEL AGBALA
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