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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: Mr. Robert Kenshole <robertken18@msn.com>
Reply-To: robertkenshole101@msn.com
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:13:01 -0500
Subject: TRANSFER OF $29.800,000.00

Hello,


I am Mr. Robert Kenshole, a British Attorney based in Manchester, United Kingdom and the personal Attorney to Late Mr. Christopher Sarfin. Late Mr. Christopher Sarfin was a private oil consultant/ contractor with the Shell Oil Company in Dublin before his death, hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. On the 23rd day of August 2000, my client and his wife along with their two children were among the victims of Gulf Air Flight that Crashed into Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html
. Since then, I have made several enquiries from the French embassies to locate his next of kin or any of his extended relatives, but all to no avail. My client made a deposit in a bank valued presently at $29,800,000.00 {Twenty Nine Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars} and the bank has issued me an official notification to provide his next of kin or beneficiary by will, otherwise the account will be confiscated within the next thirty (30) working days. Since I have been unsuccessful to locate any of my late client's relatives for over three (3) years now, I seek your consent to permit me to present you as the next of kin of my late client’s estate so that the proceeds of this account would be transferred to you.

Already, I have set out modalities for achieving my aim of appointing a next of kin as well as transfer the money out of this country, for us to share the money in the ratio of 53% for me and 35% to you, The 2% of the fund will serve as reimbursement of expenses any of us will make in the course of this transaction. While we shall collectively donate the remaining balances of 10% to any Charity Organizations of our choice. It is my intention to achieve this transfer in a legitimate way, all I required is your trust, honesty co-operation and confidentiality to enable us sees this transaction through. This is a very legal business that I am very sure of its success and is absolutely 100% risk free. For further procedures relating to this transaction, kindly signify your willingness to assist me by sending me an email through my secure email address: robertkenshole101@msn.com If you are serious, then your prompt response shall include the following information:
1. Your direct telephone number and complete location address in your country.
2. Your Occupation.
Once I receive your positive response, I will then furnish you with more details on how we shall proceed with the claim.

I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

Thank you,

Mr. Robert Kenshole
Note: Send your reply to: robertkenshole101@msn.com



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