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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: festus keyamo <barrfestus_86@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barrfestus_61@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:15:37 +0000
Subject: Chandler BANK DEPOSIT



BARRISTER FESTUS WILLIAMS CHAMBER AND SOLICITOR,
NO 34 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET ,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS .EMAIL:Barrfestus_2001@yahoo.com Dear Chandler , I am Barrister. Festus Williams (SAN) Personal Attorney to Engineer Mark Chandler a national of your country, who was a contractor with Shell oil contracting services Company here in Nigeria . Herein after shall be referred to as my client. My client with his entire family (The wife and two Children) were involved in the explosion in Lagos , Nigeria , on January 27, 2002 which, claim many lives and properties.Click the below link for more information’s regarding the bomb explosion.http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lagos/home.htmlunfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate for my client's next of kin or any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his single name over Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money left behind the bank by my client prior to his death before it will get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US13.6 Million dollars.The bank had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next 14 official working days, otherwise they will they will have the account confiscated if i am unable to locate any of his relative to claim the account. Now, I am seeking your consent to present you to bank as the next of kin of my late client since both of you answers the same last name, so that the bank will transfer his fund (US13.6 Million) across to you as your inheritance, then after that me and you will get it shared 60% for me and 40 %for you. I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. All I required is your honest co-operation with me, i will perform all the necessary modalities needed to perfect the claim successfully on your behalf. I also guarantee that this claim will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.
Now, we are to start by giving your name and your full information to the bank to tell and assure them that you are the next of kin to Late Engineer Mark Bragg. So based on this development, you are to Provide me with the following bellow information so that i will go and pass it to the bank and tell them that you are the next of kin to my late client for them to take and proceed on the official necessecities and release the fund and get it transfer across to you .1) Your Full Name.............2) Your Contact Address.................3) Your Phone Number..................4) Your Occupation..................5) Your Age...............................6) Your Sex.............................i am waiting for your prompt responseGet back to me through my email Address: Barristerfestus_2001@yahoo.comBest regards,Barrister. Festus Williams.
BARRISTER FESTUS WILLIAMS CHAMBER AND SOLICITOR,
NO 34 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET ,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS .EMAIL:Barrfestus_2001@yahoo.com Dear Chandler , I am Barrister. Festus Williams (SAN) Personal Attorney to Engineer Mark Chandler a national of your country, who was a contractor with Shell oil contracting services Company here in Nigeria . Herein after shall be referred to as my client. My client with his entire family (The wife and two Children) were involved in the explosion in Lagos , Nigeria , on January 27, 2002 which, claim many lives and properties.Click the below link for more information’s regarding the bomb explosion.http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lagos/home.htmlunfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate for my client's next of kin or any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his single name over Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money left behind the bank by my client prior to his death before it will get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US13.6 Million dollars.The bank had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next 14 official working days, otherwise they will they will have the account confiscated if i am unable to locate any of his relative to claim the account. Now, I am seeking your consent to present you to bank as the next of kin of my late client since both of you answers the same last name, so that the bank will transfer his fund (US13.6 Million) across to you as your inheritance, then after that me and you will get it shared 60% for me and 40 %for you. I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. All I required is your honest co-operation with me, i will perform all the necessary modalities needed to perfect the claim successfully on your behalf. I also guarantee that this claim will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.
Now, we are to start by giving your name and your full information to the bank to tell and assure them that you are the next of kin to Late Engineer Mark Bragg. So based on this development, you are to Provide me with the following bellow information so that i will go and pass it to the bank and tell them that you are the next of kin to my late client for them to take and proceed on the official necessecities and release the fund and get it transfer across to you .1) Your Full Name.............2) Your Contact Address.................3) Your Phone Number..................4) Your Occupation..................5) Your Age...............................6) Your Sex.............................i am waiting for your prompt responseGet back to me through my email Address: Barristerfestus_2001@yahoo.comBest regards,Barrister. Festus Williams.
BARRISTER FESTUS WILLIAMS CHAMBER AND SOLICITOR,
NO 34 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET ,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS .EMAIL:Barrfestus_2001@yahoo.com Dear Chandler , I am Barrister. Festus Williams (SAN) Personal Attorney to Engineer Mark Chandler a national of your country, who was a contractor with Shell oil contracting services Company here in Nigeria . Herein after shall be referred to as my client. My client with his entire family (The wife and two Children) were involved in the explosion in Lagos , Nigeria , on January 27, 2002 which, claim many lives and properties.Click the below link for more information’s regarding the bomb explosion.http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lagos/home.htmlunfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate for my client's next of kin or any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his single name over Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money left behind the bank by my client prior to his death before it will get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US13.6 Million dollars.The bank had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next 14 official working days, otherwise they will they will have the account confiscated if i am unable to locate any of his relative to claim the account. Now, I am seeking your consent to present you to bank as the next of kin of my late client since both of you answers the same last name, so that the bank will transfer his fund (US13.6 Million) across to you as your inheritance, then after that me and you will get it shared 60% for me and 40 %for you. I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. All I required is your honest co-operation with me, i will perform all the necessary modalities needed to perfect the claim successfully on your behalf. I also guarantee that this claim will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.
Now, we are to start by giving your name and your full information to the bank to tell and assure them that you are the next of kin to Late Engineer Mark Bragg. So based on this development, you are to Provide me with the following bellow information so that i will go and pass it to the bank and tell them that you are the next of kin to my late client for them to take and proceed on the official necessecities and release the fund and get it transfer across to you .1) Your Full Name.............2) Your Contact Address.................3) Your Phone Number..................4) Your Occupation..................5) Your Age...............................6) Your Sex.............................i am waiting for your prompt responseGet back to me through my email Address: Barristerfestus_2001@yahoo.comBest regards,Barrister. Festus Williams.
BARRISTER FESTUS WILLIAMS CHAMBER AND SOLICITOR,
NO 34 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET ,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS .EMAIL:Barrfestus_2001@yahoo.com Dear Chandler , I am Barrister. Festus Williams (SAN) Personal Attorney to Engineer Mark Chandler a national of your country, who was a contractor with Shell oil contracting services Company here in Nigeria . Herein after shall be referred to as my client. My client with his entire family (The wife and two Children) were involved in the explosion in Lagos , Nigeria , on January 27, 2002 which, claim many lives and properties.Click the below link for more information’s regarding the bomb explosion.http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lagos/home.htmlunfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate for my client's next of kin or any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his single name over Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money left behind the bank by my client prior to his death before it will get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US13.6 Million dollars.The bank had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next 14 official working days, otherwise they will they will have the account confiscated if i am unable to locate any of his relative to claim the account. Now, I am seeking your consent to present you to bank as the next of kin of my late client since both of you answers the same last name, so that the bank will transfer his fund (US13.6 Million) across to you as your inheritance, then after that me and you will get it shared 60% for me and 40 %for you. I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. All I required is your honest co-operation with me, i will perform all the necessary modalities needed to perfect the claim successfully on your behalf. I also guarantee that this claim will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.
Now, we are to start by giving your name and your full information to the bank to tell and assure them that you are the next of kin to Late Engineer Mark Bragg. So based on this development, you are to Provide me with the following bellow information so that i will go and pass it to the bank and tell them that you are the next of kin to my late client for them to take and proceed on the official necessecities and release the fund and get it transfer across to you .1) Your Full Name.............2) Your Contact Address.................3) Your Phone Number..................4) Your Occupation..................5) Your Age...............................6) Your Sex.............................i am waiting for your prompt responseGet back to me through my email Address: Barristerfestus_2001@yahoo.comBest regards,Barrister. Festus Williams.
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