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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: "conteh musa" <contehi23@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:29:00 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


I am Barrister Conteh Musa (Esq.), a Senegalese Solicitor & Financial

attorney/Consultant.I
decided to send this first letter write through email while subsequent

ones would be
secured. I was the personal attorney to late Mr. Essam Panak a foriegn

contractor who died
among many others in a car accident along Sicap Express Road in Dakar

Senegal.
Before his death, he was an expatriate mining consultant and

Gold/diamond machant within
West Africa sub-region. Mr. Essam Panak here-in-after referred as my

client was also a
category "A"contractor for Senegalaise National Petroleum

Corporation.He satisfactorily
executed some contracts for Senegalaise National Petroleum Corporation

and the sum of Twenty
million United States of American Dollars is an outstanding debt owe to

him by the
Corporation. Unfortunetely,it is after his death that
Contract Award & Suppervisory Committee of the Petroleum Corporation
approved this payment and sent notification to my chambers in
accordance with my client's instructions-that any correspondence in

respect to his
dealings with the Petroleum Corporation must go through my chambers.
The Petroleum Corporation has consequently asked me to contact his next

of kin to claim this
outstanding contract fee owe to him. All attempts to trace his next of

kin(s), even through
search in the internet, were fruitless. I also discovered that my

client did not declare any
kin or relations in all his official documents with the Oil industry. I

have contacted you
to assist in claiming this money from the oil corporation for benefit

of two of us before it
is confisicated or declared unserviceable as warned by the petroleum

corporation. This claim
would not be suspicious since i am the authority to nominate my

client's next of kin.I
discovered your contact during my tidious search in the internet for a

legitimate next of
kin of my late client.
Note that this transaction is simple and 100% risk free because I am

the authority to
nominate my client's next of kin and secondly, I will provide legal

documentations
that will present and authenticate you as the true next of kin as we

intend to claim. I wish
to point out that after the claims, I would want 10% of this money to

be shared among some
charity organizations, while the remaining 90% would be shared equally

between us after
deduction of expenses expected to be incured by both parties in the

course of this claim.
Most importantly,I would also require your assistance towards investing

my share in your
country or anywhere as you may advice.If you are interested, please

contact me immediately
with your private details which shall include telephone/fax numbers.

Upon your response, I
shall provide you with more details and how we shall proceed with this

claims. I expect you
to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this

transaction would be
profitable for both of us. It will take us about 5(five) day to

complete this claim if there
is no delays on your side.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks & Best Regards
Barrister conteh musa



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