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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: "Jason Karter" <info@sbcgloba.com>
Reply-To: karter.234@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:16:31 -0000
Subject:

This is a personal email directed to you I am Jason Karter, a solicitor at
law. Mr. Robert, was my friend and I stood as his solicitor while he was
alive. Mr. Robert, was involved in an accident with his immediate family
and they all lost their lives.
After the death of Robert, I was informed by his account officer to make
contact with any of his extended family member that will stand in as the
next of kin to his estate. (9.8 million)

I have written several letters to the embassy with an 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. The
board of directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I was
mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within
the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned
funds.The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of
the company to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period
given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two days
suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal
assets in line with existing laws of the institution.

Well I have reasoned very professionally and I can use a legal means to
present a next of kin of my deceased client. this 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 finding that you bear a
similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your
consent, present you to the "trustee" as my late client's family member so
as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of
kin of my client. I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are
of the same nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late
client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity.

I think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government
of this country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve this
fund, for this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to locate
the relatives for the past 8years now.
I have all vital documents that would confer you the legal right to make
this claim and would make them available to you so that the proceeds of
this bank account valued at 9.8million can be paid to you before it gets
confiscated or declared unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount
is lodged.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share
the money.I know there might be other persons out there with the same
surname as my last client, but after a little check my instinct tells me
to contact you. Can I trust you on this?I shall assemble all the necessary
documents that will be used to back up your claim.

Please get in touch with me by calling my numbers below or by my
alternative email:(karter.234@gmail.com) and send to me your,telephone and
fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction.
Kind Regards.
Barrister Jason Karter,
Phone:+447404400170.


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