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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: "Barr. Paulinus Chinda" <barrpaulinus_chinda@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:30:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Could you be my Partner?


PAULINUS CHINDA CHAMBERS
172 BODE THOMAS STREET,
SURULERE, LAGOS, NIGERIA
EMAIL TO. barrpaulinus_chinda@yahoo.com

Dear friend,

My name is Barrister Paulinus Chinda, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to late Mr. Dennis Andarton, a citizen of Canada, who used to work with CHEVRON OIL LTD, one of private oil companies in Nigeria, here in after shall be referred to as my Client. On the 21st of April 2003, my client {late Dennis Andarton} and his wife and their only son were involved in a car accident along Lagos- Ibadan express way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to my late client's embassy to see if I can locate any of my clients extended relatives so that they should come and claim the huge amount of money that is in my late client's account in his bank, but all proved abortive. After these several unsuccessful attempts which could not yield any good result, I decided to contact you so that you can assist by accepting to be his next of kin so that the money which my late client lodge in his bank can be release to your provided private account. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the Assets and Capital, valued at US$19.5million left behind by my late client before it could get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the BANK where late Dennis Andarton’s these huge deposits were lodged.
The BANK has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have my late client's account confiscated within the next twenty-one official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for about 4 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to late Mr.Dennis Andarton so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. As attorney, we have the authority to swear affidavit on your behalf since you don't have similar surname with our late client. Therefore, upon your positive response to this email, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and further modalities for transfer. I have all necessary formation and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim. All I required from you, is your honest cooperation and confidentiality 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.

Indicate your interest by furnishing me with your private telephone number so that I will call you and discuss further with you. I awaits your timely responds to this email by replying directly to my private email address, paulinus_chinda@hotmail.com or reply to my colleague, Gabriel Zigamur, his email address is gabrielzigamur@yahoo.com
Best Regards
Paulinus Chinda



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