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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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From: "Barrister.Chris Williams" <info@claims.org>
Reply-To: barrchris_williams@ozu.es
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:07:35 -0600
Subject: All I require from you



WILLIAMS GROUPS & ASSOCIATE
130 BANK ANTHONY WAY IKEJA GRA LAGOS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Good day, firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via
e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and
importance of the information. This project is based on Trust,confidentiality
and sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the
minds. I
am a fifty two (52) years old established lawyer. My name is Barrister.Chris
Williams,a legal personal attorney to an expatriate and a consultant with an
American Oil company,PENNZOIL (Now deceased) He died in the Tsunami
disaster on
26th december 2004 while on vacation in Thailand.

Six years ago, My Client successfully executed a contract for the Federal
Government of Nigerian {FGN} worth US$18.3 million dollars. A part payment of
USD9.million dollars was paid to my client, while the balance of
USD9.3 million
Dollars was still unpaid before my client died in the Indian Ocean Tsunami
disaster. However, all my efforts to locate the possible next of kin proved
abortive. Untill his sudden demise, He was not married and was 44 years old.

NOW THE CRUX OF THIS E-LETTER is that the new elected Government Of
Nigerian is
fully paying all foreign contractors who have successfully executed their
contracts and my client is among those benefited in this first quarter payment
schedule which has already been deposited in his bank. As his personal
attorney/Adviser, his bank has officially notified and instructed me
to forward
particulars of my client's next of kin within the next 14 official
working days
so that he/she can be paid the outstanding USD9.3 Million dollars
otherwise his
payment will be diverted to the government coffers account as uncliamed bill.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives, I decided to
contact you for a deal so that we can work together as a team to remit
the money
to your account as my client next of kin since I do not want to seat and watch
my client hard earned Entitlement to go astray,it will be easy for us
to achieve
because you are of the same name and country like him. Although I know that a
transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive but I
would like to
assure you that I am proposing this project to you with the best of
intensions.
As a lawyer, I have the power to secure all the necessary legal documents that
will be used for this claim.

All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a Legitimate
banking arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Upon
successful conclusion of this project,you will be compensated with 50% of the
total fund,while 50% will be for me.

If you are interested to work with me in this deal then kindly reply strictly
with your personal Telephone /fax number for effective communication and oral
clarification on how to proceed next.

Sincerely yours,
Barrister.Chris Williams
{Legal Adviser}
Email:-barrchris_williams@ozu.es


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