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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Martin Rodger <barr_martin010@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:46:56 -0600
Subject: YOUR DEAD RELATIVE...



Good day!
My name is Martin Rodger. I am a solicitor with Falcon Chambers of EC4Y 1AAFalcon Court London, UK and personal attorney to Engr. Lukman ( thePresident Trans field Worley Company ) who died with his family in the July,2000 Air France crash.
For your confirmations visit :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Although my client left no record of any next of kin but I have madeseveral inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives which hadproved unsuccessful.As a matter of fact, he had a fixed time deposit of £1,700,000.00 ( onemillion and seven hundred pounds sterling )with a finance house in UnitedKingdom and stocks worth £3,257,000.00 (with unclaimed dividends) beingmanaged by his stockbrokers.

Consequently, the Finance house has issued me a notice to provide my clientnext of kin or have the fund liquidated within a short time. Based on myunsuccessful search for his relatives for the past six years now and for thefact that you bear the same last name with my late client, I therefore seekyour consent to present you as the next of kin/inheritor to my deceasedclient, so that the money will be transferred to your account for us to shareupon approval.As his personal Attorney I have all the legal documents and all it takes toback-up this claims and to convincingly present you to the bank as the nextof kin to my late client without trouble.
All I require is your honest cooperation. I guarantee that this will beexecuted under a legitimate arrangement. And no government involvement atall.
For more information about me please visit the chambers’ Website;
http://www.falcon-chambers.co.uk/members/member.cfm?id=165

I am looking forward to hearing from you.
My private email is barr_martinatuk@yahoo.co.uk
Regards,Martin Rodger,QC

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