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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: "nwabuoku_shawn@terra.es" <nwabuoku_shawn@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:40:26 +0100 (MET)
Subject: For urgent response



My good Friend,

I am Barrister Shawn Nwabuoku, a solicitor at law. I am the
personal attorney to Mr George Malik, a national of Germany,
who used to work with Cotonou sea port in Rebublic of
Benin. He was my client.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client and his
wife were involved in a car accident. All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to Germany
embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of his
family hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the
money and property left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this huge amount is deposited. The total sum
is US$18.5 million dollars.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased since I
can defend the fortune and transfer your name as the
beneficiary of my deceased client's estate, so that
the proceeds of this funds in the bank valued at
US$18.5 million dollars {Eightheen million Five hundred
thousand us dollars only} can be paid to you and then
you and me can share the money. I have all necessary
legal documents as his lawyer that can be used to back
up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. I have
also informed the bank about this that I have found
the Benneficiary, there wont be a problem in getting
the fund to you.

Please I would like you to get back to me signifying
your interest, so that I can open full communication
with you. For urgent response please kindly reply to my
alternative email for immediate response:
(shawnwabuoku@yahoo.fr)

Finally, you can come here in Republic of Benin if you
want, so that it will enable us to have a confidence
in each other.
Best regards,
Shawn Nwabuoku(ESQ)





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