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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: john_mark222@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:24:17 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20I=20hope=20this=20meets=20you=20in=20good=20health?=

JOHN MARK CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
AND PUBLIC NOTARY AND
HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE
301-302 BONNY CRESCENT
VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS
NIGERIA.
Please contact me hrough my direct email
(jo_ma09@yahoo.com)


ATTENTION:

I hope this meets you in good health. My name is
Barrister john mark. legal practitioner and Attorney to late Mr.Steve moore.who
ied in the plane crash of Yak-40 jetliner on March 9, 2000.You may follow
the link below to read about the plane crash where my client lost is life:
://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/e urope/672849.stm My late clientwas an influential
wealthy businessman,an Engineer Contractor in my untry and a Russian Oil
dealer and the Principal ownerof Oil Alliance Company. He left behind a
deposit of Twenty Seven Million,United States Dollars($27,000,000.USD) in
his domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in Nigeria Which
is one of the main reasons it has been very mportant to locate his next
of kin.

After the death of my client his ankers contacted me,as his Attorney to
provide his next of kinho should inherit hisfortune. The board of Directors
of his bank dopted a resolution and I was mandated toprovide his next of
kin for the ayment of this money or forfeit the money to the bank as an
unclaimed nd. The bankers had planned to invoke a clause in the property
Ac to confiscate the funds after the expiration of a period given to me.I
ame ss your name, while trying to locate documentation'sregarding ossible
relatives of my client in his country of origin and convienced that you
may be able to act in locus for my la te client as his next of kin.I therefore,
decided to contact you with these facts before me because of the status
quo.

By virtue of my brief and my closeness toeasedthe,iam very much aware of
my client's financial standing and the bank account operates here in my
country. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally
proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client and the sole
beneficiary of his estate, so hat you can be paid the funds left in his
bank account. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin;the
bank needs only the facts s presented legally. The rest is between you and
I and with my guide we can have the money paid into your account, once this
is done we shallboth share the funds. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10%
should be for Taxes as your Government may require,

I shall assemble all the necessary legal documents that will be used to
bac k up our claim. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see is transaction through,assure you that this transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law.Please
contact me hrough my direct email
(jo_ma09@yahoo.com)

Best Regards,
Barrister john mark(Esq



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