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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: Jeremy Passmore <jeremypassmore@lawchamber.co.uk>
Reply-To: jeremypassmore@linuxmail.org
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:16:01 +0300
Subject: RESPOND URGENTLY

Good Day,


This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be
treated as such. I must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you
that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of
mutual benefit. I am Jeremy Passmore a solicitor at law in United
Kingdom. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr.
Dennis hereinafter referred to as my client, who worked as an
independent oil magnate in the UK. He died in a car crash with his
immediate family in East London on the 5th of November 2006.

My late client, dealt with Chevron/Texaco Petroleum Corp. and other
reputable oil companies both in the United Kingdom and outside the
United Kingdom, had Left behind a deposit of Nine Million Eight
Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling (£9.8million) with his bank.
Upon his death, his bank contacted me, being his attorney/sole
executor of his will, to provide his Next of kin who will inherit his
fortune in accordance with banking policy and regulations, in sure
circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the
embassy with intent to locate any of his close relatives whom shall be
claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all
efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform his bank about my
fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relatives or his
next of kin.

The directors in his bank have passed a board resolution requesting me
to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the
next 15 working days or forfeit the money as abandoned funds in favour
of the Government of the United Kingdom. The bank had planned to
invoke the Abandoned Property Policy of the bank to confiscate the
funds and notify the relevant British authority after the expiration
of the said period. Also I have received official letters in the last
few days suggesting a likely legal proceedings for confiscation of my
client's abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws.

However, from my professional experience and track record in dealing
with this kind of legal quagmire, I can employ legal means to
circumvent this requirement and present a next of kin of my deceased
client for the purpose of inheriting his vast personal assets. This
arrangement is practicable 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 with my client, I
decided to contact you, that I may, with your consent present you as
my late client's close relative 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 practicable in view of the fact that 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 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 and/or forfeited.

I do sincerely sympathize over the death of my client but i feel it is
unprofitable for his funds to be forfeited to the Government of this
country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these
funds and let it be claimed by someone with his family name. For this
very important reason, I seek your assistance/co-operation as I have
been unable to locate his relatives for the past 6years.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of my client
since you have the same last name which puts you at an advantage so
that the said amount can be paid to you thereof. As i said earlier,
this venture requires utmost trust and confidentiality. After a
successful completion of this transaction, the sharing formula for the
said amount shall be 60% to me and 40% to you. I was moved by my
instinct to contact you regarding this matter and I shall assemble all
the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any liability or contravention of the 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.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality in this matter.
Please get in touch with me by my alternative email
jeremypassmore@linuxmail.org for better confidentiality. My contact
number is +44704579(8168) I expect you to send me your telephone and
fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. 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,
Jeremy Passmore
+44704579(8168)
N.B
When calling you dial your country calling code which I think is
011+my number (+44704579(8168) That is (011 +44704579(8168). You can
also confirm the code from your service provider.

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