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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: "SMITH CHAMBERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <schambers.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:39:03 +0200
Subject: KINDLY GET BACK TO ME ASAP

SMITH CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
BRIDGE END WALTHAMSLOW
London E17, United Kingdom,
Tel: +44 (0) 7031967201
Fax:+44 (0) 7005942658
Email: schambers.smith@gmail.com
 
GOOD-DAY
 
This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should be
treated as such. I am Raymond Smith, a solicitor at law.
 
I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Mark  Ginsberg
who died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2006.
Since the death of my client in Nov, 2006, I have written several letters
to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom
shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all
such efforts have been to no avail. More so, I have received official
letters in the last few weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for
confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws
by the security company in which my client deposited the two trunk boxes
as consignment.In it is the sum of 8.370m GBP. The board of directors of
the company now adopted a resolution mandating me to provide his next of
kin for the claiming of this deposit within the next 15 official working
days or forfeit the consignment as an abandoned Deposit. The company had
planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the
consignment after the expiration of the period given to me but after an
investigation in the finance company, I found out that some members of the
company wants to divert this consignment for themselves for their own
selfish interest and only want to use the excuse that since I am not able
to provide a kinship to the claim, the consignment should be made
unserviceable. This implies that consignment will be submitted to the
federal government of this country which is not their main intentions.
 
By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am
very much aware of my client's financial standing. I do sincerely
sympathize the death of my client, but had thought it unprofitable for his
funds to be submitted to the federal government of this country and the
finance company where it is lodged. I have reasoned very, professionally
of which I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of
kin of my deceased client, which is legally possible and would be done in
accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for
a credible person and contacted you for partnership, I was urged to
contact you, and with your consent to present you to the Security company
as my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a
claim to the security company in that capacity as a next of kin of my
client, so that the proceeds of This consignment deposit valued at Eight
Million Three Hundred and seventy Thousand British Pounds Sterling only
(8.370 million) can be released  to you following my directions and
guideline, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable to the
security company where this huge deposit is lodged. Note that this is
legal and 100% risk free since I have all vital documents that would be
requested by them and that would confer you the legal right to make this
claim. Therefore, to facilitate the immediate re profiling of this fund,
you need, first to contact me via my alternative email:
schambers.smith@googlemail.com  address signifying your interest and as
soon as I obtain your confidence, I will immediately intimate you with the
complete details as well as fax you the documents, with which you are to
proceed and I shall direct you on how to put up an application to the
security company.
 
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or E-mail the next
step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal
is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required
arrangements have been made for the completion of this releasing the
consignment to you. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me through my alternative for better
confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us
discuss further about this transaction. Like I said, I require only a
solemn confidentiality on this. Please let me have your opinion as soon as
possible for my contact number is +44 7031967201, and If this proposal is
acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have
bestowed in you, I await your urgent response.
 
Give me a call at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Raymond Smith (Esq.)
009 44 7031967201
Reply to: schambers.smith@gmail.com
 
 

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