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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: "Bar.Jack" <jack_44c@excite.com>
Reply-To: barjack66vanerose@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:51:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: About my late client..Urgent










Dear Friend,



I am Barrister Jack Vanerose, the personal Attorney to

Mr.Braham Moore a foreigner who used to work with BMW Rockingham

here in England. On the 2nd of August 2003, my client, his wife and

their three children were involved in a car accident along Gatwick

Express Road,All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their

lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to

locate any of my client’s extended relatives, this has also proved

unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to

trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his

family but of no avail,hence I contacted you.



I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left

behind by my client before they got confiscated or declared

unserviceable by the Finance House where these huge deposits were

lodged. Particularly, the Finance House where the deceased had an

account valued at about US$20.7M has issued me a notice to provide

the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated within the next

Fourteen official working days.



Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over

nine (9) months now, I seek your consent to present you as the next

of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at

US$20.7M can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money

50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as

your government may required. I have all necessary legal documents

that can be used to back up any claim we may make, all I require is

your honest co-operation 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.



Awaits your prompt response.



Yours Sincerely,

Jack Vanerose Esq.

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