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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: CHARLES USMAN <charlesusmanexecutive8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <charlesusmanexecutive@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:06:38 +0000
Subject: USMAN AND ASSOCIATES



USMAN AND ASSOCIATESFROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER CHARLES USMANPlot 5678, Armada Bello way,Victoria Island.Lagos - NigeriaEmail: charlesusmanexecutive@hotmail.com Dear , I am Barrister charles usman, a Solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Dennis ,nationality of your country .He was a specialist Seasoned Contractor with Shell Petroleum Company in Lagos - Nigeria, who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africans Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic on December 26,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website:Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm Before his death on the 26th December 2003. He has a fixed Deposit account with one of the biggest commercial bank here in Nigeria and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients Extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these Several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you but I know you don’t know him , but with your last name we can workout this project successfully if you are interested in this transaction we can work hand in hand to backup the claims. We can get this money before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 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$20.522 million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. I will obtain all the necessary legal documents on your behave as the next of kin to the late deceased that can be used to back up any Claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law and am assuring you that it is 100% risk free transaction. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do send your reply on my above EMAIL ADDRESS: charlesusmanexecutive@hotmail.com

Best Regards Barr. Charles Usman

NB: MAY THE SOUL OF MY LATE CLIENT DENNIS REST IN PEACE....
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