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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: David Koga <davidkoga31@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dkoga@onet.eu>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 07:29:52 -0400
Subject: Next of Kin & Relative (Brings)



Dear Brings,

I am David Koga, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Walter Brings, a native of your country, who was an oil merchant here; herein-after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 21st of April 2004, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car crash/accident. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives. This has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track any of his relatives over the Internet. I got your contact on the internet and therefore decided to contact you. I have 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 huge deposit were lodged.

The bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$12.5 Million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty-one official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives for over three 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 US$12.5 Million dollars can be paid to you. I have all legal documents to backup our claim.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us actualize this deal. 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 your Full name, address and telephone number for further details.

Best regards,David Koga.

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