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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: "john opia" <john_opia27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerjohn_opia2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:22:21 +0100
Subject: REPLY A.S.AP

BARR JOHN OPIA & CO CHAMBERS (ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW) FEDERAL
HIGH COURT BENIN 14 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
E-Mail:(barristerjohn_opia2006@yahoo.co.uk)

Hello Dear friend.

Compliments, I barr John Opia have decided to bestow this trust on you,which
I pray you will not ignore or betray. I apologise in advance for any
inconveniences this may cause you. I am barr John Opia the Personal
Attorney to late Mr Bouchard Timmermans, who was a contractor here in Benin
Republic. Who, on the 3rd of Oct 2004, with his entire family were
perished in a fierceful Auto-Crash along Midombo Togo express way.As a
matter of fact, my client made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at(USD$3.5M)
with Reliance Bank Benin here in Cotonou Benin Rep,

and upon the duration time of their agreement his bank started contacting
him but no response. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin to the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his
account confiscated after two years, as it is in the law of this
country.Since then, I have made several contacts to His Countries Embassy in
order to locate any of my clients extended relatives, which had also been
unsuccessful.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over one year now,

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
none of his relatives were no way to be found so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $3.5M could be transferred into your acount,Thereafter, we
will both share it in percentage according to our contributions to boost the
success of this great transaction.I have all the necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up all the claims we will make.All I require is
your honest co-operation to enable us make this great benefiting transaction
successfully.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me as fast as possible through this
E-Mail:(barristerjohn_opia2006@yahoo.co.uk) to enable us discuss further the
progress of this business.
With best regards,

Hon:barrJohn Opia Esq,

Senior advocate of Benin(SAB).

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