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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: "barrister george daniel" <george.lawyer1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrgeorge_lawdan@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:15:11 -0500
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL.

MR. GEORGE DANIEL
GEORGE DANIEL CHAMBERS
LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE LAWYER
93B WIGMORE STREET
LONDON W1H 5AA
Tel: +447031925393
Attn Sir,

your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm,
GEORGE DANIEL Law Chambers in London, UK. My name is GEORGE DANIEL.
personal attorney to our late client Mr. Mohammed Saibi who was the
chairman of Algosaibi Diving and Marine Services in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Mohammed Saibi a well known Philanthropist, before he died, made a Will
in our law firm stating that $15.2M (Fifteen million, Two Hundred Thousand
U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any charity home of our choice
overseas. We have made a random draw and
your name and E-mail address was picked to assist us disburse these funds
accordingly. This implies that you will stand as the beneficiary to this
Will so that the funds could be processed and transferred to your account.

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank; because
they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this
Will as soon as possible else the money will be credited to the Government
treasury.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. You are
required to contact me immediately to start the process of transferring this
money to any of your designated official Account. I urge you to contact me
immediately for further details bearing in
mind that the Bank has given us a date limit. Please act fast.

Congratulations and I hope we could work together as a team to execute this
transaction successfully. When transferred, the funds would be disbursed to
a charity home, you and me. Details of this will be discussed later before
we get started.

VERY TRULY YOUR'S,

BAR. GEORGE DANIEL.

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