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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: LEWIS A.OCEAN (CEO). <lewisslawfirmabhost@centrum.sk>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:55:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: Berlin

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:54:36 +0200 (CEST)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

=0D
LEWIS A. OCEAN (CEO).=0D
LEWISS LAW FIRM=0D
15 Fetter Lane.,London, =0D
United Kingdom.=0D
=0D
Re: Berlin =0D
I apologies if the contents of this letter are contrary to your moral eth=
ics , but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal .I am an Attorn=
ey at Law Barr. Lewis A. Ocean of (LEWISS LAW FIRM) Solicitor And Associa=
tes and Lawyer to Engr.Abraham B. Berlin a customer to one of the commer=
cial Bank here in the United Kingdom who is a National of your country, I=
lost my Client and his family in an auto crash here in England some year=
s back and his account valued at US$ 10,800,000.00 (Ten Million, Eight Hu=
ndred Thousand U.S Dollars) has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavail=
ability of a next of kin / relatives to claim his estate, since his son w=
hom he used as his next of kin died with him in the crash.=0D
=0D
In accordance with the Es-cheat laws of England, the Board of Directors o=
f the Bank met a forth-night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the d=
eceased over to the Government having waited for too long without the dec=
eased relatives / next of kin surfacing, and if this is done, invariably =
the funds/the estate will end up becoming Government property .It is agai=
nst this backdrop that I am moved to contact you considering the fact tha=
t a known relative of him have not been located and you have same name wi=
th him, until now the bank is still waiting for report from my Chamber. A=
s soon as I hear from you I will meet with bank.=0D
=0D
I am seeking your co-operation and understanding to stand as the deceased=
next of kin to enable us claim this fund before the time period given by=
the Bank elapse .Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wis=
h to take undue advantage of the trust I hope to bestow on you, then kind=
ly get back to me immediately,write to enable me enlighten you on how we =
are to proceed. =0D
=0D
Please be rest assured that it is a risk free project and the proceedings=
will be shared 50% each once the funds are repatriated into your account=
either there in your country or elsewhere. Meanwhile, I have worked out =
the strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed withou=
t any hitch now and after. Should incase you are interested, Please email=
me for further details. =0D
=0D
I await your prompt response. =0D
Regards, =0D
=0D
=0D
BARR. LEWIS A. OCEAN (CEO)=0D
=0D
NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT MY MAJOR REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS BECAUSE YOUR N=
AME MATCH WITH MY LATE CLIENT NAME ENGR.ABRAHAM B. BERLIN. SO HAVING THIS=
NAME (BERLIN) IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE RELATED TO MY LATE CLIE=
NT OR NOT, THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU =
AS THE NEXT OF KIN, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I HAVE LEGAL DOCUMENT TO COVER=
THIS AND I WAS HIS PERSONAL/PRESIDING ATTORNEY BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH. =
THIS IS SIMPLE AND RISK FREE. =0D




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