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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: Shyl Tida <shyl_t@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:45:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your mail.................Henk Siepe


FROM BARRISTER SHYL TIDA
NO 401 LOME STR.
P.M.B 9111/9112
LOME TOGO.

Dear Henk Siepe,

I am Barrister Shyl Tida a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr.P.B.Siepe,a national of your country, who used to work with shell development company in Lome-Togo.
On the 21st of April 2006, my client,his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Nouvissi express Road.All occupants of the car died}. My client deposited the sum of $16.5m USD (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in International Trust Bank for himself, with the hope of transferring it to his country as soon as he is on leave.

Since his death I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the Fund and property left behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged particularly, the International Trust Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $16.5m USD (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 2 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 $16.5m USD (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) can be paid to you because after the fund succesfully get into your norminated bank account i will come over to your country for us to share the money accoding to the ratio 50% for me and 50% to you I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to backup any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us set this business through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.This transaction is 100% risk free Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further.

Best Regards,
Barr Shyl Tida.



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