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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: "Barrister Jim Van." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimvan@lawyer.com>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 09:27:29 -0600
Subject: I await your urgent response to cary out this transaction.


Message From Barrister Jim Van,Legal Consultant Arbitrator, Solicitor and Contractor 111 Herbert Maculay way Lagos, Nigeria.
Email address: (barristerjimv@yahoo.com) (jimvan@lawyer.com)
Tel:+234-803-882.1586

Dear Friend,

My name is Barrister Jim Van, and i represent my client Dr.Ben Sala Director General, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. I have contacted you because I need a foreign partner to carry out this transaction for us. We want to deposit the sum of US$25Million into your account. This is from the excess revenue made secretly on the sales of crude oil last year 2009. The company that my client normally use for this type of transfer before is Shell Petroleum but recently their has been some misunderstanding between my client and the C.E.O in person of Mr.Rob Routs this is why my client have asked me to get somebody else to do it for him without trace.

I fined your contact through the UNITED NATION website base and who you are that is why i contacted you for this. Once again, showing your interest in this kindly send me the needed information immeditaley you receive this message.

(1)Your Full Names:.......................
(2)Contact Address:.......................
(3)Phone/fax numbers:.....................

He is willing to offer you 40% for your assistance Please reply urgently to signify your interest.

Best Regards,

Barrister Jim Van.
Tel: +234-803-882.1586
Email: barristerjimv@yahoo.com


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