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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: "Joe Mbaka" <joembaka@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: joembaka@myway.com
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:08:28 +0100
Subject: Asist in this venture

BARRISTER JOE MBAKA
JOE CHAMBERS(Solicitors & Advocates)
FIRST SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN)
Dear Bush,

Compliments of the season. I am writing following an oppurtunity in my
office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.

I am the personal attorney to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.

You shall read more about the crash on visiting this
site.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
My late client currently have the sum of Seventeen Million United States
Dollars (US$17,000,000:00) in an account in a Finance company. The finance
company has recently issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to
deceased to come forward and claim the fund or have the US$17,000,000:00
confiscated.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
so that the US$17M can be paid to you as the next of kin beneficiary because
they cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or
relation to the deceased as indicated in the
banking guidelines. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such
money remained after five years the money will be transferred into
Government treasury as unclaimed funds.

40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will
be for me and my partners in the Finance company who will assist us in
processing the claims. I will visit your country for the disbursement
according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your
account. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this
transaction.Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as
you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.

Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response. Please reply back with all your contact particulars
such as your address, telephone and fax numbers so that I can give you a
call to explain better.

Best regards,
Barrister Joe Mbaka.

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