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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: "Investment Proposal" <investmentproposal24@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrcecil@katamail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:13:21 +0000
Subject: Dear Sincerely"

Cecil Chambers & Associates
17/18 Williams Plaza Osu Link
Accra Ghana West Africa
Telephone: +233 24 680 8221
Date: 25th Oct 2006
 
Your Kind Attention Dear Sincerely"
 
This proposal may come to you as a big surprise due to we have not met before, However, I am contacting you for a business relationship that will be of great benefit to you and my family, I am Barr. Cecil Kwashie Adadevh, a Solicitor; the personal attorney to late Eng. Kellogg Brown, who owned a construction company here in Ghana and was also in partnership with Technip Iberia, Engineering/Construction Company located in Barcelona Spain before the incident that took him and his entire family's life occurred last 8 years.
 
On the 16th of February 1998, my late client's,his wife and their two children were involved in a plane crash in taiwan which involved the death of Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong, governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only daughter with other four finance officials returning from a conference in Bali Died in a plane crash in Taiwan,Some passengers on board died of which my late client and his family was one of the victim.Here you can confirm from this website below: www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
 
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of his relatives to claim the fund he left behind but this has proved unsuccessful, After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace over the Internet to locate any of his family member but to no avail.
 
Particularly, the deceased left behind the sum of $23 million dollars with a Bank in Spain and this fund came as a result of his in partnership with Technip Iberia Engineering/Construction Company located in Barcelona Spain; meanwhile I have made inquiries with the bank for the release of the fund and was told to present my late client's next of kin within the next ten official working days before the release of the fund or have the account confisicated.
 
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating my late client's relatives for over 8 years now, I therefore seek your consent to present you as his next of kin to claim the fund so that the fund will be release/transfer to your foreign bank account as his rightful beneficiary, note that there are practically no risks involved because I will provide all the necessary legal documents that will back up our claim.
 
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute confidentiality if this transaction must be successfully succeed.
 
After the release/transfer of this fund to your account, I will come over to your country to meet with you for further investment plan as I will like us to invest this fund on proper business ventures that will be lucrative in your country under partnership.
 
If you have accepted to offer your assistance in this regard kindly reply with your private telephone number or call me on +233 24 680 8221 for more clarification/details of transaction.
 
I wait for your urgent response/call.
 
Best Regards,
Barr. Cecil Kwashie Adadevh.


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