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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: Leather Bootboy <nzboot4u@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:36:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:


>From LARRY WHITE& ASSOCIATES (21/10/2009)‏


LARRY WHITE& ASSOCIATES
(Will, Finance& Probate Solicitors)
Tel/Fax: 44 7045 77 0051

Compliment:,


I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise, Please acceptthe content in good faith.
I do not intend to cause any grief to you and your family.
The reason for sending this mail is very fundamental to the doctrineof human privileges and right.
My name is Barrister Larry White a legal practitioner based in Londonand the personal Attorney to late Mr. Adams Laudat, a national of your country who died along with his wife and two sons
who died in the Tube explosion between King's Cross-and Russell Squarein London.

My client was a successful and is an accomplished family man, who madeenough fortune before his untimely death.Since then I had made several Inquiries through your Embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relative but this exercise has provedunsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relativesthrough the Internet, to locate any member of his family, not muchprogress was recorded.

My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, an oil magnethere in London and he left behind a deposit offifteen Million UnitedState Dollars only 15,000,000.00 (USD) in hisdomiciliary bank accountin a commercial bank here in London.

After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorneyto provide his next of kin who should inherit his funds.

The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I wasmandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this moneywithin 28 Working days or forfeit the money to the bank as an
abandoned property.

The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of1996 to confiscate the fundsafter the expiration of the period givento me.

Fortunately, I came across your name, to my greatest astonishment, Idiscovered that you bear the same surname with my late client andcoincidentally, you are national of the same country.

Being convinced that you may be related with my late client or thatyou might provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided to contactwith these facts before me, because of the similarities.
By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, Iam very much aware of my client financial standing and the bankaccount he operates.

I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legallyproper to present you as thenext of kin of my deceased client, sothat you can be paid the funds left in his bank account.
I therefore seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are at an advantage,bearing the same surname and equally from the same country that theproceeds ofthis Bank Account valued at $15,000,000.00 (USD) can be
paid to you. We shall both share the funds. 40% for me and 55% to you,while 5% should be for Expenses or your Government may require as Tax.
I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be usedto back up our claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of law.

Your swift response is anticipated.

Mr. LARRY WHITE w.larry75@gmail.com,



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