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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: Brathwait Jones <service@photo.walgreens.com>
Reply-To: brathwaits99@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BRATHWAIT JONES & ASSOCIATES



BRATHWAIT JONES & ASSOCIATES
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
214/ GRE APPAPA LAGOS NIGERIA.
POST CODE 23401

I must apologise for berging into your mailbox without a formal introductio=
n of myself to you. Actually, I got your mailbox in the web while trying to=
get a good and capable business person in your country for both business a=
nd investment purposes.Let me start by introducing myself;I am Barrister Br=
athwait Jones (Esq) I was the Personal Attorney to late Mr. Morris Thompson=
an American who was a private businessman in mycountry unfortunately lost =
his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on =
January 31st 2000, including his wife and onlydaughter.

You can read more about the crash on visiting these sites below,

1. http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

Before the plane crash, Mr. Morris Thompson made a deposit value of US$20,0=
00,000.00 (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in the STANDARDTRUST BANK O=
F NIGERIA Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, another notificatio=
n was sent and still no response came from him. I later found out that Mr. =
Morris Thompson and his family had been killed in that plane crash. After f=
urther investigation it was also discovered that Mr. Morris Thompson's next=
of kin was his daughter who died with him in the crash.What borders me mos=
t is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of 8 years =
the funds will revert to the ownership of the NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, if nobody=
applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is=
that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Mor=
ris Thompson so that you will be able to receive these funds for both of us=
. WHAT IS TO BE DONE:-

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall =
come out successfully. As a barrister, I will prepare the necessary documen=
t that will back you up as the next of kin to Mr. Morris Thompson.PLEASE YO=
U HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS STATEDBELOW,

[1] NAME:
[2] ADDRESS:
[3] AGE:
[4] SEX:
[5] TELEPHONE:
[6] FAX:
[7] OCCUPATION STATUS:

Also be informed that this Transaction will take us just 15 working days to=
accomplish beginning from when I receive your Data's.After you have been m=
ade the next of kin, I will also file an application to the bank on your be=
half as soon as I secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in yo=
ur favor for the movement of the funds to an account that will be provided =
by you. This process is 100% riskfree as I have set out all the modalities =
to see that a legalized method is used because then I will prepare all the =
necessary documents.

Please note that utmost secrecy and confidentiality is required at all time=
s during this transaction. Once the funds have been transferred into your n=
ominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 55% for me, 45% for yo=
u. If you are not interested, please delete this letter so that I can scout=
for another competent partner to conclude this transaction.Should you be i=
nterested please send me your full names, telephone, fax number and email a=
ddress as stated above.=20

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Best Regards,
Brathwait Jones Esq.

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http://photo.walgreens.com/viewsharedphoto/p=3D70931183519133963/l=3D121131=
17/g=3D17265616/cobrandOid=3D1009/otsc=3DSYE/otsi=3DSPIC

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