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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 GARVIN ABOH ESQ." <attorneygarvin@lawfirm.org>
Reply-To: attorneygarvin@webdunia.com
Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 00:31:35 +0600
Subject: Re: Regarding your Inheritance : Are you aware about it .?

Corresponding to the false Email claims I daily receive from your barrister
who called himself Attorney John Palmer. That you have requested and
hired his
service as your representative Attorney to make the collection of your
inheritiance estate cheque funds collection.

I will not obliged to his request because you have not personally notify me
about his coming and also after making consultations with the law suit
Chamber he claimed he represent .I was told such name do not work with them
and have no tracking records with them either in the past or present.

Without wasting much time, I have taken your cheque inheritance
collection to
the finance ministry to de-activate the encrypted code been placed on it .All
this activities was done by me last week by concluding the final phase
of your
transaction with the finance ministry.

Meanwhile, I have received prompted response from the Deposit company in
London that they have received your package collection in good faith
on Friday
last week at about 14:00 GMT .By the manager of the company whose name is
Curry Smith . Because they were the issuing bank deposit company that notify
me earlier that you have a package collection consignment for pick up as
bestowed in the will document papers of late Mrs.keli Dama who issued
you this
$1,500,000 USD payment cheque in your name. So as the attorney to the
deceased
I was out-rightly informed about your collection which prompted me to take
action immediately by following what was stated in her will papers.

Once again, I will hereby stand quoted that I have finished my transaction
with you in good faith. And I hope and pray you use your Inheritance
collection payment as given/issued to you wisely by investing with it and
paying One tenth of it as your tithe to a bible believing church
,bless you .

Should you have further communications, kindly direct it to my private mail (
attorneygarvin@w.cn )

Signed:

Garvin




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