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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: notificationtoemail01@mchsi.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:23:11 +0000
Subject: Hawkins & Associates Limited

Hawkins & Associates Limited
London, United Kingdom
(Solicitors & Finance Consultant)
E-mail: hawkinltd@aim.com
DATE: 12/06/2007

Dear Partner,

I apologies for sending this mail to you but this is a matter of
urgency and I would like to clarify this matter with you, my name is Geoffrey
Dewitt Bell(QC.), Solicitor and Financial Adviser to late Mr. Bradley
Robinson a property magnate and building contractor based here
in the U.K.

On the Thursday July 7, 2005, my client Mr. Bradley Robinson, 64, his
wife Maria, 62,their daughter Andrea , 38, her husband Christian, 57,and
their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, died bus and
tube hit• Jack Straw: 'hallmarks of al-Qaida'.For more information
about this crash and people,

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thisWebsite:http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1523169,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5046346.stm

Since then I have been managing his investments here in the U.K and on
his direction liquidated these investments into cash and deposited the
proceeds into his local account.

My client was a successful and an accomplished family man, who made
enough fortune before his untimely death. He left behind a large deposit
in his investment account in financial institution here upon his death
the financial institution contacted me as his Solicitors and attorney to
provide them with a next of kin or Foreign partner since
the families he provided as next of kin for the claim died with him in
the crash leaving a vacuum to be filled.


I had made several inquiries on my own to locate his next of kin but
all has proved unsuccessful. I even contact his country's embassy here.

Two weeks ago, the bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to
provide his next of kin or his foreign business partner/associates based on
the Agreement he sign with the bank for the fund to be released or
transferred to his next or kin (His family) or any foreign partner within
28 working days or forfeit the money to the bank as abandoned by the
owner with no trace of next of kin. The bankers had planned to invoke the
abandoned property decree of 1936 to confiscate the funds after the
expiration of the period given to me.

I tried to locate a next of kin on my own but had no head. Despairing
at the point of exhaustiveness, I contacted the His consulate here in
the UK and fortunately, they forwarded some crew from where I get to
contact you.

I am convinced that it was by the grace of God that made me to locate
you. Hence my mail to you it is my belief that you may be reliable to me
to present as my client foreign partner for the claim, I
therefore,decided to contact you with these facts before me because of the urgency of
the situation presently.


By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I
am very much aware of my client financial standing. I have reasoned very
professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as
the next of kin or foreign partner of my deceased client so that you
can be paid the funds left in his bank account.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin or foreign
partner to the Deceased since you are qualified so that the full proceed from
his Bank Account valued at $12.2 Million Dollars can be paid to you.


I am proposing a negotiated commission for my legal services. I have
all the required information and shall assemble all the necessary Legal
Documents that will be used to back up our claim all I require is your
honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me as his
personal consultant that this is a risk-free transaction. Please get back to
me immediately.


I will bring you into a more detailed picture of this transaction when
I hear from you. You may contact me through my fax # +44 (0) 871 715
8086 or Email: hawkinltd@aim.com

Please provide your personal contact details and e-mail for further
correspondence.
Note:Please Reply to my private email

Best regards,
Geoffrey DeWitt Bell(QC)

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