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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: Jackson Ubaeke <jackson.ubaeke1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jak.1ubaeke@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:38:13 -0600
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER JACKSON UBAEKE.


FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER JACKSON UBAEKE. JACK 'U' & CO. (LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)CORPORATE ATTORNEY & PROPERTY CONSULTANTS.SUITE 16 ZUMA COMPLEX, APAPA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA. Complements, I am Barrister Jackson Ubaeke, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Late Mr. Charles Andasen, a national of your country who used to work with Nigerian TeleComunication Limited (NITEL), hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. On the 7th of March 2005, my client died of brief illness.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my client's extended relatives; this has also proved unsuccessful.I got your contact through network online hence I decided to write you. I hereby request your merciful assistance; you could as well consider it an offering.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$5.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security & Finance company where this huge amount were deposited. The said Security & Finance company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty one (21) official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1 year now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for this claim.
I will provide all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.
I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law. I shall disclose all the information to you upon receiving your positive response to assist.
Please furnish me with your full name, home address, age & occupation,direct telephone number and get in touch with me through my private e-mail address for more details.
Regards, Barr. Jackson Ubaeke.
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