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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: Tim Tomlinson <tomlinsontk@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: for your interest


I have been receiving these e-mails: thought you might be interested. let me know what you think!

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The first was:
from: "felix paulson" <felix_p17@yahoo.co.uk>
77,Baylis Rd,
SE1 7AA
London England.

Good Day Krissy Tomlinson

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Felix Paulson ,a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Robert Tomlinson hereinafter referred to as 'my client's who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family in east London on the 5th of November 2000.

My late client a former Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom and had left behind a deposit of Nine Million Eight HundredThousand British Pounds Sterling only(£9.8million)with a finance company. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune, this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or his next of kin. The board of directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of the company to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws of the institution.

Well I have reasoned very professionally and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin of my deceased client. this is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee" as my late client's family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client. I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have allvital documents that would confer you the legal right to make this claim and would make them available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at £9.8million can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable to the
bank where this huge amount is lodged.

I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but I think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve this funds and let it be claimed by the deceased family name,etc. for this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to locate the relatives for the past 5years now.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money,60% to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons outthere with the same surname as my last client, but after a little check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in touch with me by my alternative email esqpaulson@excite.com for better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. My contact numbers are +44-7040113413 or +44-7024020387. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not takeundue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you,Thanks for your understanding.

Kind Regards.

Felix Paulson(Esq).

Reply To:esqpaulson@excite.com
Phone:+44-7040113413 or +44-7024020387
PLEASE TREAT AS ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL.
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The second was:
from e-mail: "felix paulson" <felix_p17@yahoo.co.uk>
My Dear Good Friend,
How are you today?
Sorry for any inconveniences. Well, I just want to use this medium to thank you very much for your earlier assistance to help me in receiving the inheritance funds, without any positive outcome.
I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving the funds with the help of a new partner from SPAIN.
Everything was perfectly done because we strike a deal with one of the Lady accountant who works with the Remittance Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF)and she rendered a tremendous help to us.
My new partner initiated this idea and everything worked out successfully.In appreciation of your earlier assistance to me in receiving the Funds, I have decided to compensate you with the sum of $850,000 in a Cashier's cheque (Eight Hundred and FiftyThousand United States Dollars). This is from my own share of $18.5m, I did this simply to show you that it is good to do good things to the right people always.
Presently, I am in SPAIN for investment project with my own share under the advice of my partner Mr. Alfenze Infante. Meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that
it failed us somehow. I will be sending you mail to know if you have received your share or not. Now contact my personal assistant in Benin Republic. His name is Mr. Lucky Anyi send him your full name,mailing address and your contact telephone number for a direct communication perior to the delivery.
His e-mail addres is:( luckyanyi@excite.com)

Please do let me know immediately you receive the money so that we can share the joy together after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I'm very busy here in Spain because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. So feel free to get in touch with Mr. Lucky Anyi to send the cheque to you without any delay.
With My Best Regards,
Honourable Duke Martins
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the third was:
from e-mail: "Lucky" <luckyanyi@excite.com>
Hello Kristi LeAnn Tomlinson,
I tried to email you about three times but it keep on returning back. Yes a cashier cheque value of $850,000.00 is here with me left by my boss Honourable Duke Martins prior to his departure. The bank draft is been issued on your name as the beneficiary here in Benin Republic and has been waiting for the onward delivery direct to your destination. I have been instructed on how to deliver the package to you once its been requested and since then, i have been waiting to hearing from you.
Now that you have provided me with your mailing informations where to deliver the consignment, i will try today negotiate with the courier company who will be able to handle the delivery to your destination as the majority of those courier companies here are not accepting to carry cash or cash related instruments such as cashier cheques and other hard documents.
I will update you once i finalized with the company who will handle the delivery to your destination meanwhile i would like you to confirm which of the mailing address out of the two you sent, is the correct one where the cheque can be delivered to you without having any problem. I await your prompt response. Regards
Mr. Lucky Anyi ( personal assistant to Honourable Duke Martins )
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the last e-mail was:
Lucky <luckyanyi@excite.com> wrote: Hello Kristi LeAnn Tomlinson,
The mailing address is well received and same has been sent to the courier company. Furtherance to the delivery arrangement, i have just negotiated with the UNITED NATION COURIER SERVICES who will handle the shippment to you. We have finalized on how the delivery could take place but they said i have to pay the sum of $350 insurance inclusive to enable them deliver your package without having any problem.
I obtained a form from them which i have filled in the mailing information you sent to me where the draft can be delivered to you. I made several in enquiries concerning the delivery why because, majority of those courier company here are not accepting to carry cash or cash related instrument such as cashier`s cheques and other hard documents. Because of this, i`m able to finalized with the UNITED NATION COURIER SERVICES who is the sole agency capable for handling such a huge amount of money. The company also assured that incase of any lost, they will pay and that is why they included the insurance fee to be able to obtain an insurance coverage for the bank draft to avoid any problem and also to ensure a valid and successful delivery to your destination.
So as to facilitate with the shippment arrangement, you are required to send this fee through western union money transfer to enable me get it paid to them for the delivery to take place immediately without any longer delays. If you will be able to make the payment tomorrow being today or tomorrow, it would be so much appreciated so that before friday this week the courier company will make the shipment to you according to what they said. So you can send the required fee to the below name as follows.
RECEIVER: MR IFEANYI NWEKE
CITY: COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC
TEXT QUESTION........COLOUR TEXT ANSWER........GREEN
Once you are through with the payment, you can send me the whole payment infos such as sender`s name, mtcn, question and answer to avoid mistakes and also for an accurate records. I await your prompt response. Regards
Mr. Lucky Anyi
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