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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: "peter water" <peterwater116@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peterwater2006@myway.com
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:53:06 +0100
Subject: Important message for you Buitenhuis.

From the desk of
Barrister Peter Water
EMAIL:peterwater2003@yahoo.com

ATTENTION:Buitenhuis,

I am Barrister Peter Water, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr. Pitt Buitenhuis,a national of your country, who used to work with
Schlumberger oil and Gass in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as
my client.until his death in an ill fated plane crash BAC 1-11-500 EAS in
May 4,2002 in Kano, Nigeria ,please go to this websites for more information
on the plane rash. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm or
http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you .I
have contacted you for assist in repartrating the fund valued at US$13
million Left behind by my client before it gets Confisicated or declared
unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were
deposited. The said Security Finance company has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next
fourteen official working days.

For the fact that I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for
over 1 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to
the deceased,since you have the same last name with my client, so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your
positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities
for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to
back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transaction onthrough. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law.

Best regards,

Barrister Peter Water (SAN).

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