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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: "Manta Augustine" <machambers2@legwork.com.ng>
Reply-To: mantachambersreport0@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:32:08 -0700
Subject: Atten:Dear Sir/Madam.


Atten:Dear Sir/Madam.

I am manta Augustine (Esq) a solicitor. I am the personal attorney to Mr.
Fredrick Elwood, a national of your country who is an oil merchant in
Nigeria on the 21st of april 2001 my client, his wife and their two children
were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road balyasa state,
here in Nigeria all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has proving unsuccessful.



After these several unsuccessful attempt, I decided to trace his relatives
over the internet, but of no avail, hence I mandated my secretary to search
for any possible relative of my late client in the internet before the bank
get the account confiscated or declared it unserviceable, the bank where the
decease had an account valued at about USD$7.5 million (seven million five
hundred thousand dollars.) the bank has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 working day.
I then decided to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you
are from the same country. The said amount will be paid to you if you comply
immediately with all the necessary documents of the deceased in my
possession, immediately the money is paid to you, 60% of the total amount
will be for me, 30% for you, while the remaining 10% should be for expenses
or taxation as your government may require.



I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back u our
claim. All I required from you is your honest co-operation and assistance to
enable us see this transaction through. I grantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. In other words every document to affect this process will
emanate from my table and I will perfect every document to be in accordance
with the banking law and guidelines. So you have nothing to worry about
because we have all the legal documents to back it up when the fund is
finally hits your chosen bank account.



Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk-free. Note that
the particular nature of your company's business is irrelevant to this
transaction, if this proposal is acceptable by you to assist me achieve this
goal , please endeavor to contact me through my private email address (
mantachambersreport0@hotmail.com) for more clarification and understanding
in regards to this transaction.



Best regards.

Barr.Manta Augustine.

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