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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: ckoontz@access.k12.wv.us
Reply-To: b.steven13@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:28 +0100
Subject: Please Reply



Steven Walker (Esq)
London E4 7DA,United Kingdom .
Tel: +447031740593
Email: b.steven13@hotmail.com

GREETINGS TO YOU,


This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated
as such. I am Steven Walker, a personal attorney/sole executor to the late
Engineer Robert M. here in after referred to as" my client" I represent
the interest of my client killed with his immediate family in a fatal
motor accident in East London on November 5, 2002. and I will like to
negotiate the terms of investment of resources available to him.


My late client worked as consulting engineer & sub-comptroller with
Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd here in the United Kingdom and had
left behind a deposit of Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds
Sterling only (£6.8million) with a finance company. The funds originated
from contract transactions he executed in his registered area of business.
Just after his death, I was contacted by the finance house to provide his
next of kin, reasons been that his deposit agreement contains a residuary
clause giving his personal attorney express authority to nominate the
beneficiary to his funds. Unknown to the bank, Robert had left no possible
trace of any of his close relative with me, making all efforts in my part
to locate his family relative to be unfruitful since his death. In
addition, from Robert?s own story, he was only adopted and his foster
parents whom he lost in 1976, according to him had no possible trace of
his real family.


The funds had remained unclaimed since his death, but I had made efforts
with 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. More so, I have received official letters
in the last few weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of
his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws by the bank
However, it will interest you to know that I discovered that some
directors of this finance company are making plans already to have this
fund to themselves only to use the excuse that since I am unable to find a
next of kin to my late client then the funds should be confiscated,
meanwhile their intentions is to have the funds retrieved for themselves.


I reasoned very professionally and resolved to use a legal means to
retrieve the abandoned funds, and that is to present the next of kin of my
deceasedclient to the bank. This is legally possible and would be done in
accordance with the laws. 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"
bank as my late client's surviving 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 to be 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 have all vital
documents that would confer you the legal right to lay claim to the funds,
and it would back up your claim.I am willing to make these documents
available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at
£6.8million can be paid to you before it is confiscated or declared
unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount is lodged.



I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but I think that it is
unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this
country or some financial institution. I seek your assistance since I have
been unable to locate the relatives for the past four years now and since
no one would come for the claim. 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 which also makes the claim most credible . In that stand,
the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then, we talk about
percentage. I know there are others with the same surname as my client,
but after a little search, my instinct tells me to contact you. I shall
assemble all the necessary documents that would be used to back up your
claim.


I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain
any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion
of this transfer. As I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on
this.Please get in touch via my alternative email b.steven13@hotmail.com
for better confidentiality and if okay by you, send me your telephone and
fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. Contact
number is +447031740593(Calling me should not be any problem all you need
to do is to dial your country code before dialling my number Tel:
*+447031740593) If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, Thanks for your
understanding.


Kind Regards.
Steven Walker (Esq)
Tel: +447031740593
e-mail: b.steven13@hotmail.com
Soliciting Your Concern(Next Of Kin)

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