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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: Saint Silver <barr_saintsilver@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barr_saintsilver@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:51:48 +0000
Subject: Good News, I decided to seek for your help.










FROM THE OFFICE ATTORNEY GENERAL:
SAINT CHAMBERS,
PO BOX 268,
NEW LONDON, WI 54961.

Dear cees,

I am Saint Silver, a Attorney at law from london.

I got your contact in the course of my inquiry to locate relations of my deceased client, Mr, j cees, who had a shipping company here in london, On the 26th of December 2004, My client died with his family while on Vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand in December 2004.Asia Earth Quake Disaster (TSUNAMI DISASTER)http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/.

Since then, I have made several enquiries to the embassy locate any of his extended relatives. This has proved unsuccessful.

The main reason for this is to inherit a contract payment deposits account of $15.500m(Fifiteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars) which the deceased left with (FIRST STATE BANK IN LONDON).This Deposits/Account has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of a next of kin/relation to claim his money.

This request emerged last week when the Bank contacted me for the attention of my deceased client (perhaps for one reason or the other they have tried to contact him and was unsuccessful). However, thereupon I announced his death and protocols observed, I was mandated (as the deceased's attorney) to provide the Next of Kin to inherit the deposits or they will freeze it as"Unclaimed Deposit". Unfortunately, and unknown to the Bank, his son whom he used as his next of kin died in the same accident with him.


Consequently, having gone through to your profile on Internet, I want you to please assist me to inherit the fund into your account as you (share similar last name) with the deceased,and I have the required Information to execute the transaction under legal process.

Since, It is not compulsory that the next-of-kin/relation must be a blood relation to the deceased.


I also want you to understand that as you receive the fund, both you and I will have to share the fund of which you will take 30% of the total sum of $15.5million, while I will take 60% of it, 5% will be given to any Orphanage home in your country. and 5% for expenses if any during the course of the transfer.Thereafter I will visit your country for sharing according to the percentage indicated.

On receipt of your response with your full details, I will file a claim on your behalf as beneficiary to the fund.


I await your urgent response.







God bless you,
Barrister Saint Silver.(Esq)
Private Email contacts: barr_saintsilver@yahoo.co.uk
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