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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: "Gordon Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gmklaw333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:19:24 -0700
Subject: Treat as urgent,please

Gordon Mark & Associates
12 lewisham High St, Lewisham SE13 5LQ ,
E-mail; gmklaw333@gmail.com

Area of Practice:
(Accident and Injuries, Adoption, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Business and Commercial, Civil Right, Criminal Law, Divorce, International Law, Labor Law, Litigation and Appeals, Probate and Estate.)



Dear Sir,



Infact I went through your internet profile and decided to be in contact with you regarding this development and believing that we can work it out together.

However my reason for your contact is based on behalf of the properties of my client Mr Robert Fitzpatrick, 68 who died in an air crash along with his wife Mrs. Sharon Fitzpatrick aged 67 on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board.



Since his death, none of his relatives or associates have come forward to lay claims to his funds as next-of-kin,as his wife whom he made his next of kin died in the same crash and on my own I have made consented efforts to locate any of his relatives but all proved abortive.

Based on the ethics and policies of the bank,it would be declared unclaimed and taken to the treasury of the bank as capital base of the bank, because already the account has been tagged dormant having exceeded the normal functional period of years.(9 years past)


The bank cannot release the funds from his account unless someone applies for it or lays claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in the banking guidelines.


Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission and assistance to present you and have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased,so that the funds can be released and transferred to you, as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for it to be released in your favor as the Account Holders next of kin, if not the members of the board of directors will utilize it as their personal profit as unclaimed money and shared amongst the directors of the bank as part of profit earnings.


So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary rather than allow the bank directors to share it amongst themselves at the end of the year.

Note the following points;

The transaction is 100% risk free as my client bank account Management officer is in agreement with me to look for somebody and pull out the money.


The money however, will be divided into 3 parts, you will take 40% of the $4,800m, myself 50%, while 10% is set aside to offset any expenses we may individually en cure during the transfer process.


That I will use my part to invest in Purchase of Land in your country for building of estates and condominiums as I have checked your country on the internet and discovered that there is good investment opportunities over there.

It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate commission an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.


Please furnish me with the following information if you are ready/committed to work with me.

1. A beneficiary name/address, in order for me to prepare the document for transfer in your name.

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers...For our personal contact and for easy communication between both of us.

I await your urgent response as further inquiries should be placed exclusively by phone and or Email; gmklaw333@gmail.com to enable me educate you on the modalities for pulling out the funds from the bank in your name

Kindly treat this with utmost dispatch and feel free to speak with my directly on my private telephone number above.

Yours Truly,

Gordon Mark
Legal Practitioners



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