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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: barrdonuwuor@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:48:29 -0200
Subject: Call me on this phone number: 234-8035398785




 Dear Sir/Madam,I am highly esteemed to write you this letter. I am Don
Uwuor,Personal Attorney to Late Mr. Blazen Anthony ,a citizen of your country
formerly working with the SHELL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NIGERIA.On march 4,
2005 my client ,his wife,and their only son were involved in a car accident
along Lagos-Abuja Express Road and three of them unfortunately lost their
lives. Since then, i had made several efforts to locate any of his immediate
relations overseas but this has proved abortive.





I decided to look for any person that could come up and stand as his
RELATION/NEXT OF KIN to claim the family wealth and the money he had in his
private account with a bank here valued at TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
($10M Dollars)ONLY before his death hence i am contacting you to come forward
for this claim since you have the same surename with him.Note that legally you
must not be biologically related to him before you can qualify as his next of
kin the most important thing is that you have the same surename which is an
advantage and good enough to qualify you as the relation without any doubt as
required by the Bank.





Meanwhile,as a senior member of the Nigerian Bar Association, all I need is
your sincere and avared interest and i will ensure that all legal
documentations/recognition are secured in your name.As the personal attorney
to their late customer, his bank here has issued a final notice to me to
provide his relation/next of kin before the end of this fiscal quarter before
they can release the money he deposited with the bank.Failure to meet up with
this deadline will compell them to have the account confiscated and declared
unclaimable.





But since i cannot locate any of his relatives, i seek your assistance to
come forward and claim this fund as his next of kin so that this money will
be released to you and we will share it between two of us( 60% for me and 40%
for you ).I want to assure you here that i have all the neccessaryinformation
to back up your claim of the fund and make the deal legitimate and I have no
doubt in my mind that we shall succeed. All i need from you is your honest
co-operation.





Consequently, I need the following information from you urgently1.YOUR FULL
NAME AND ADDRESS2.YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERSI need the
aforementioned information to enable me put up an application to the Bank on
your behalf for the release of the inheritance claim.As soon as I have these
information within my easy reach, I shall file/submit the application with
your name and particulars as the next of kin to the deceased as required by
the Bank in accordance with the enabling laws and have the money released to
you.Take special note that this business is risk free and i urge you to keep
it in utmost secrecy until we successfully secure transfer of the fund to
your nominated account.





Awaiting to hear from you as soon as possible.Best regards,





Barr.Don Uwuor.





NB: please respond through my confidential email address on:
barrdonuwuor@myway.com





Call me on this phone number:
234-8035398785       


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