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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: "DR.DAVID JOHNSON" <dr.davidjohnson50@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr.davidjohnson@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:54:42 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.



From The Desk of:Daivd JohnsonLagos-Nigeriaemail:dr.davidjohnson@live.com Dear Friend Greetings. I am BARISTER DAIVD JOHNSON a solicitor at law. I amthe personal attorney to Mr.Robert chapman a national of your country,who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) inNigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client.my client,his wife and their three children were involved a PlaneCrash,please view these websites belowhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm All the family of my client lost thier lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but all to no avail. After theseseveral unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to assist inrepatriating the money and propertyleft behind by my client before theyget confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this hugedeposits were lodged. Particularly,the finance company where the deceased had an accountvalued at about USD$30.5 million dollars has issued me a notice toprovide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the nextfew weeks. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of thedeceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at USD$30.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money in the following ration:55% to me and 40% to you, and also 5% for any expenses that may be incure during the process of this transaction, telephone bills. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up anyclaim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enableus see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under alegitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of thelaw. Please if you are interested to work with me with one mind, get intouch with me by my email and send to me your full name and residentialaddress,telephone and fax numbers,age and occupation to enable usdiscuss further on this transaction, and also your banking details andaddress where this fund will be released into.I hope to hear further response from you regards this transaction.God bless you. Best regards,Daivd johnsonemail:dr.davidjohnson@live.com REPLY TO THIS EMAIL:dr.davidjohnson@live.com
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