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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: BARRISTER GOODLUCK NORMAN <barr_goodlucknorman59@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barrgoodlucknorman@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:24:58 +0200
Subject: Good day Dear, Please help this widow and God will help you.




FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER GOODLUCK NORMAN CHAMBERS.
The Head Of Senior Advocate, International Legal practitioner Wisdom Chamber’s Lagos-Nigeria(A.I.C).My Cell Phone Number: (+234 0851430735).email: barr_goodlucknorman@myway.com("REMITTANCE OF $9.5 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS, CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")
Compliments Of The Season , Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this channel. I got your contact from the professional data base found in the internet Yahoo tourist search. When I was searching for a foreign reliable partner. I assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity. After series of prayers/fasting of MRS Nancy .I was divinely directed to contact you among other names found in the data base Yahoo tourist search. I believe that God has a way of helping who is in need. I am (BARRISTER GOODLUCK NORMAN. ) a senior advocate and Solicitor also the Personal Attorney to the late Mr. Fredrick and family citizen of my country who used to work with NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION. On the 21st of April 2006, my client was involved in a car accident along Sagbama Express Road , leaving behind his wife and two children, who are aged 6 and 3 years respectively.
Since then, members of his immediate family has constantly harassed and intimidated his wife, Nancy (it is actually the tradition of their native land for the deceased brothers to inherit his properties). They have collected and seized her husband’s properties, collected his bank account papers, forcefully confiscated and shared his cars as well as documents to his two houses and sent her packing out of her husband’s house.
All my attempts and several other attempts by friends at resolving the crisis by calling the parties involved to a meeting has been unsuccessfully and the law court could not handle the issue since the traditional rulers have come out to say it’s their tradition. Recently, the wife has intimated me about US$9.5million that her husband lodged in a security company. Upon investigation, I discovered that her late husband made the money through some over-invoiced contract he awarded during his tenure as the head of CONTRACT/PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT of THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETRLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) .She said, one of the relatives who used to live with them and probably knows about the fund has instigated other members of the family against her, with the view to collecting from her the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITE to this fund and probably collecting the fund for sharing amongst themselves.
So, I’m written this letter on her behalf, seeking for your assistance in receiving this fund on her behalf for safe-keeping and possibly investing it to yield profits for the upkeep of his and her children. This is her last hope of training her two children and living a meaningful life on earth. On your acceptance to receive and keep this fund for her, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum, 10% has been set aside to take care of all expenses (including taxes) that might arise in the course of this transfer while the remaining 60% is for her and her family.
She has in her possession the original documents that can be used for effective transfer of the fund to you without hitches.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me on my private Email(barr_goodlucknorman@myway.com) for more details (FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME). 1) Your Full Name.............................2) Your Age.......................................3) Marital Statuses................................4) Your Cell Phone Number…………..5) Your Fax Number………………..... 6) Your Country………………..............7) Your Occupation............................8) Sex................................................9) Your Religion.................................10) Your Private E-mail Address...........
POST SCRITUM: You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer to move very smoothly in to the account you As you finished reading this letter call me OR send email to (barr_goodlucknorman@myway.com) immediately so that we discuss very well over this business.
NOTE: If you know that you are not capable to handle this transaction please I would like to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve as far as it can receive money.
GOD BLESSINGS, PROTECTIONS AND GUIDIANCE TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
Best Regard,
BARRISTER GOODLUCK NORMAN.
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