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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: "Aniete Akilo" <akilolawyer2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aklchmb58@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:45:36 -0800
Subject: DEAR ALIREZA, UNCLAIM INHERITANCE

FROM: BARRISTER ANIETE AKILO
AKILO LAW CHAMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
AKILO WAY, STAELITE TOWN
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
REPLY TO: aklchmb@yahoo.com

DEAR ALIREZA,

MY NAME IS BARRISTER ANIETE AKILO, PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO LATE MR. ANDREW
ALIREZA, FORMER DIRECTOR WITH DYNASTY OIL AND GAS CORPORATION (D.O.G.C).
ON THE 21ST OF APRIL 2003, MY CLIENT (MR. ANDREW), HIS WIFE (SARAH) AND
THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT ALONG
LAGOS/ABEOKUTA EXPRESS ROAD; UNFORTUNATELY THEY ALL LOST THEIR LIVES
INCLUDING THEIR DRIVER MR. TIMIBRI OLORUGUN. SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL
ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENT'S KNOWN RELATIVES OR EVEN EXTENDED
RELATIONS BUT THIS PROVED ABORTIVE.

AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU. I AM
CONTACTING YOU IN GOOD FAITH SO THAT YOU WILL CO-OPERATE WITH ME IN CLAIMING
THE MONEY LEFT BEHIND BY MY LATE CLIENT, EVEN THOUGH I AM QUITE CERTAIN THAT
YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY LATE CLIENT. IT IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT THE AMOUNT
I WANT US TO APPLY FOR AND CLAIM IS U.S$4.7 MILLION AND IT WILL NOT AUGUR
WELL TO SEE THE BANK FREEZE THE ACCOUNT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BANKING
REGULATIONS AND POLICIES IN THIS PART OF THE GLOBE. MORE WORRISOME IS THE
FACT THAT THE BANK HAS ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM ASKING ME TO PRESENT THE NEXT OF
KIN TO MY LATE CLIENT WITHIN THE NEXT 14 WORKING DAYS, OR RISK THE
CONFISCATION OF THE SAID ACCOUNT.

HAVING BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN MY EFFORT TO LOCATE ANY OF MY LATE CLIENT
RELATION THESE PAST YEARS, I AM SEEKING YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE
NEXT OF KIN TO MY LATE CLIENT SO THAT THE U.S$4.7MILLION WILL BE PAID TO
YOU. FIRSTLY, I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS IS WORKABLE AND AS SOON AS THE
FUND IS CONFIRMED IN YOUR ACCOUNT, I WILL FLY TO MEET WITH YOU FOR
DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUND. UPON TRANSFER OF FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WE ARE
GOING TO SHARE THE FUND ON EQUAL BASIS OF 50-50. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT
THIS IS LEGITIMATE TRANSACTION, AND ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD
BE USED TO BACK UP THIS CLAIM WELL BE LEGALLY PROCESSED.

ALL I SINCERELY REQUEST IS YOUR CONSENT FOR ME TO PRESENT YOU TO THE BANK AS
THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY CLIENT, THEREBY ASKING FOR YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO
ENABLE US SEE THIS DEAL THROUGH. I GUARANTEED THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED
UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM ANY BREACH OF THE
LAW. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME FOR US TO FACILITATE THE CLAIM OF THIS
FUND.

VERY IMPORTANTLY, REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS WHEN
RESPONDING FOR ME TO CALL YOU FOR DETAILS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS TRANSACTION
A HITCH-FREE. DO CONTACT ME ON aklchmb@yahoo.com SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU
DETAILS OF WHAT NEED TO BE DONE.

I WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS MAIL.

BEST REGARDS.

BARRISTER ANIETE AKILO (SAN).

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