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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: "James Johnson" <mr_jamesa2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jn_osai@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:06:44 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY

James Johnson,
44 702 4061631,
London.

LETTER OF INTENT!

I am James Johnson, a legal practictioner and the personal attorney to Late
Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German property magnate who lost his life on the
21st of April 2000, along with his wife, Maria and their children and even
grand children in a plane crash. The AF4590 crash include all 109 people on
board and five who died on the ground when the plane crashed into the
Hotelissimo. Refer to the website below for more details:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since then I have made several inquires to locate any of my client's
extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I have decided to contact you to act as the next of
kin by assisting in repatriating the money in his account , The Bank has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next 14 official
working days or the account declared unserviceable and confiscated. The
amount in question is 10,500,000.00 (Ten Million five hundred thousand
Dollars only).

Therefore, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the Late
Mr. Andreas Schranner so that the 10,500,000.00 (Ten Million five hundred
thousand Dollars only) can be paid to you and then we (you and I) can share
the money.

This business is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your full
name and address so that I will prepare all the necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your
honesty and co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under legitimate arrangements that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Remember to send to me also your telephone
and fax numbers for easy communication.

A bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this Funds to you as the beneficiary or next of
kin. The Funds will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 50% for me and 50% for you, all the expenditures as regards this
transaction will come from a financier and both of us will map out 2% from
our shares to repay the financier.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via
email:mr_james1111@myway.com .Upon your response, I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you to understand
the transaction more.Please note that you are in a safe hand and every thing
is legal.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require
your assistance to invest part of my own share in your Country.

Best regards,

James Johnson.

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