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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: barrister oliver <oeechamber@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:17:56 +0100
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY




STRICKLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT:

Attn. Dear' I crave your indulgence as I contact you in sucha surprising manner, I want you to bear in mind thatthis is not a hoax mail But I respectfully insist youread this mail carefully as I am optimistic it will opendoor for unimaginable financial reward for both of us. I am Barrister Oliver Ele, the personalattorney to a late foreigner, A national of yourcountry, who was a contractor with shell developmentoil company here in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their
only child were involved in a ghastly auto accident
along Shagamu Express Road,unfortunately,all
occupants of the vehicle lost their lives,Since then I
have made several enquiries to locate any of my
client's extended relatives and this has been
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, Idecided to track his last name over the Internet tolocate any member of his family, hence I found you.

am therefore contacting you to assist repatrate the
money left by my client. however' I guess you are not
relative of my client afterall, but I have decided to benefit
from this huge sume of US11.5 Million instead of leting
it lost in the bank,since I am unsucceedful of locating
the exact relative, as the bank has issued me a
notice to provide the nest of kin/relative or have the
account confiscated or declared unserviceable within 12
banking days. so I am seeking your consent to present you
as the next of Kin/Relative of the deceased, so that this US11.5 Million can be transferred into your account thenyou and I share's it according to the below ratio;- 35% for you' on your assistance, and - 65% for me and incore expense.Note; there's no kind of risk or embarrassment involve
in this as everything is being place under control by me.all I require is your honest co-operation. also' this most
remained confidential between both of us.

reply urgently for immediate procceed, you can also
reach me by alternate email: olivereleesq@sify.com
waiting to hear from you.
Thanks and God Bless.BARRISTER OLIVER ELE
_________________________________________________________________
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