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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: Trinity Chambers<jona_law1@live.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:04 +1300
Subject: Await your response- Urgent

Good Day,

I am Barrister. Jonathan Dingle, lawyer to late
Mr.Morris Thompson who lost his life in plane crash
involving Alaska Airline's Flight 261, which crashed
on January 31st.2000, including his wife and only
daughter.

Mr. Morris Thompson aged 61 hailed from
Fairbanks, Alaska in United States of America.
He was one of the states's most prominent native and
business leader. All these you are very free to verify
from the web link below for more information and
clarification about his socio-economic status until
his death;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

Before the demise of my client, he disclosed to me his
account status,which amounted to $10.5million (Ten
million five hundred thousand american dollars).
He also handed over to me some vital copies of
documents regarding this fund already trapped at
finance house in London.

I was at the last burial rights on February,5th,2000
to pay my final respect to Late Mr.Morris Thompson.There I made thorough inquiries about his relatives but,discovered no
one really knows about this fund currently sited at
London.Since then, I have made successive attempts to
get his next of kin or relative to come forth and claim this fund but to no avail.

As the personal lawyer to my late client, I cannot
in any way claim it unless someone overseas does so.
Just two weeks ago, I received a routine notification
from the finance house concerning this fund, and the officialsof this firm issued a warning,stressing the urgency for
late Mr. Morris Thompson's relative or next of kin to come forward to claim this fund immediately or they
will have it confiscated and forwarded to the Nation's treasury account as an unclaimed fund. This is the agreement they
have reached at the company and they also
reiterated that this is according to the company's guidelines.

MY REQUEST;
Owing to the fact that his daughter whom should have
stand a better chance of claiming this fund, also
perished in that fatal air crash,I want you to stand
in as the next of kin to late Mr. Morris Thompson.Like

I earlier asserted,I have in my possession the necessary documents that will enable me to place you in,as the right
beneficiary to my late client's fund in this firm.Be
informed that upon successful transfer of this money
into your account,you shall have 35% of it as your
share. I must remind you that trust and transparency
must be our watchword in the course of this
transaction. I will discuss with you in details when I
receive your response.Please include the following in
your reply to me.

(1.)Your Name in full.
(2.)A reliable phone and Fax number
(3.)Occupation
(4)contact address in full.
(5)Age

Yours sincerely,
Barrister Jonathan Dingle.

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