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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: paul adam <pauladam47@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:28:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: immediate response


Dearest:sir/madam DAVID
I am Barrister Paul Adams ,a Solicitor. I am the Personal
Attorney
to Mr.Andy DAVID who is a national of your country. Forgive me any
embarrassment this mail might cause you, It’s all for our own good. On
the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their only son were
involved in a car accident along lagos/Ibadan express road.
Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident,
since then I
have
made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives
and
this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet and our chamber of commerce, to locate any
member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I
contacted you
to assist in repatriating the money left behind before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the institution where my
client
lodged these huge deposits.
Consequently, where the deceased had an account valued at (ten
million four hundred thousand united states Dollars) issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the fund confiscated within a short
time.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over
some
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you share the same surname so that the proceeds of the
account valued at U.S$10.4 million can be paid to you for both of us to
share the funds;
55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as
your government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that
can
be
used to backup the claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this
deal
through. 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 through my e-mail to enable us discuss further.
Thanks for your kind co-operation.
Barr. Paul Adams.



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