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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: "marcus tunde" <barristermarcus@student.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:09:06 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS / REPLY WITH CONTACT DETAILS..


Dear friend ,

I am Barrister Tunde Marcus a Solicitor.
I am the Personal Attorney to Micheal Feldman, a FOREIGNER who was a textile
merchant .
On the 21st of April 2002, my client,his wife and their three children were
involved in a car accident along Sagbama Express Road.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then 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 relatives
over the Internet,to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence
I contacted you .

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left
behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
$14.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.
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 the deceased,
so that the proceeds of this account valued at $14.5million dollars can be
paid to you and then you and me can share the money 55% to me and 40% to
you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claims
we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me by my private email address below to enable us
discuss further.

Best regards.
Barrister Tunde Marcus .

Private email address:
barristermarcus34@myway.com

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