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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: Fred Richard <service@snapfish.com>
Reply-To: fredrick@crouchandgarretlegal.tk
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:48:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CROUCH & GARRET




Dear Sir/Madam,


I am Barrister Fred Richard (ESQ), I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Tariq A=
ssad, a Businessman, who used to be a contractor with British Telecomms. On=
the 21st of April 2006,my client, his wife And their three children were i=
nvolved in an accident which unfortunately claimed their lives. Since then =
I have made several enquiries through his country's Embassy to locate any o=
f my clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.


After these several attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Int=
ernet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted=
you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left=
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable =
by the bank where this fund deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank wh=
ere the deceased had an account valued at! About 7.1 million BPS (Seven Mil=
lion, One Hundred thousand British pound Sterling).=20


Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or hav=
e the account confiscated within the next fifteen official working days. Si=
nce I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1 year now.=
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased sinc=
e you are a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at 7.1 mi=
llion BPS can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 55% t=
o me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your governm=
ent may require. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to b=
ack up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to e=
nable us seeing this deal through.=20


I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that =
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me th=
rough this email: fredrick@crouchandgarretlegal.tk to enable us discuss fur=
ther.=20


Yours Faithfully,=20

Barrister Fred Richard (ESQ)=20


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