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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: "Attorney Martin Rodger" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <martinrodgerchamberrs-facon@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:38:34 -0700
Subject: YOUR GOOD IDEAL IS REQUIRED

Falcon chambers UK
Falcon Court London EC4Y 1AA
Contact Person:Martin Roger
+44 701 114 8807
E-mail: martinrodgerchamberrs-facon@yahoo.co.uk


Good day! My name is Martin Roger . I am a solicitor with the Falcon Chambers UK, the personal attorney to Kurt Kahle.Mr Kahle ran a private business school.Mr Kahle died with his family On Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK with his Family at Air France crash. For your confirmations, you can visit this website for more Info:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I have made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives and which had proved unsuccessful. As a matter of fact, he had a fixed time deposit of £1.7million pounds sterling with a finance house in United Kingdom .


Consequently, the Finance house has issued me a notice to provide my client next of kin or have the fund liquidated within a short time. Based on my unsuccessful search for his relatives for the past years now and for the fact that I have been unsuccessful on my search I therefore seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/inheritor to my deceased client, so that the money will be transferred to your account for us to share. As his personal Attorney I have all the legal documents and all it takes to backup the claims, while the rest could be processed through the court.For more information about me.

please visit the Chambers Website:http://www.falcon-chambers.co.uk/members/member.cfm?id=165


Please get in touch with me via E-mail: martinrodgerchamberrs-facon@yahoo.co.uk

Kindly provide the following information's so we can proceed;

1 FULL NAMES
2 CONTACT ADDRESS
3 OCCUPATION
4 DATE OF BIRTH
5 TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
6.DRIVING LICENSE /INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.

All I requires your honest cooperation. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement. And no government involvement at all.I look forward to hear from you.Contact me with the above email addresses.

Best regards,
Martin Roger , QC
+44 701 114 8807



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