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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: Dennis John <barrdennidjohn16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dennisjnjohn@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:20:35 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend.



DENNIS CHAMBERS,LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND NOTARY PUBLIC &HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE,8 PILGRIM STREET EC4V 6LB LONDON,Email:dennisjnjohn@yahoo.com.ph
Dear Friend, It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a surprise.However, I am Barrister Dennis John the personal
Attorney to late Engr. Candy Odell a national of your country
who used to work with Shell Development Company (SDC) here in
London United Kingdom. On the 21st of April 2001, my client,
his wife And their three children were involved in a car
accident along Fletcher Express Road, Chiswick,London,UK. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the
accident, Since then I have made several inquiries to several
Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this
has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives but of no avail,
hence I contacted you. I contacted you to assist in retrieving the money and property
left behind by my client, I can easily convince the bank with
my legal practice that you are the only surviving relation of
my client. Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
huge deposit was lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about $12million U.S dollars
(twelve million U.S.America dollars). Consequently, In accordance with the British Banking Laws, the
Board of Directors of the Bank met a forth night ago and
resolved to turn the estate of the deceased over to the
Government having waited for so long without the deceased
relatives/next of kin surfacing and if this is done,
Invariably the funds and the estate will end up becoming
Government property. The bank today issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
or have the account confiscated within the next ten official
working days.since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over several years now. I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $12million U.S dollars can
be paid to your account and then you and i can share the
money. 55%to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for
expenses or tax as your government may require. Your
information such as: 1.Your full name2.Resident Address3.Telephone/Fax Numbers4.Your Occupation Is required for immediate commencement of this transaction. I
have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this deal through, I. guarantee
you that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my private email(dennisjnjohn@yahoo.com.ph) to enable us discuss further. Regards,Barrister Dennis John. (Esq)
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