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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. Mohamed Abdul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohamedabdul2011@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:45:49 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,

Compliments. It is my warmest pleasure writing you this mail in respective that we have not met neither have done anything re-impose us absolute confidential.

As earlier started I have to introduce myself to you. I am Barrister Mohamed Abdul, a personal attorney and legal adviser to late Engr. Robinson, a native of your county who was working with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Nigeria, before his sudden death.

On the 17th of September 2006 my clients Engr. Robinson, and his new wedded wife Rose, were involved in a car accident along Sapele Road warri Niger delta Nigeria, unfortunately lost there life's.

And since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any lengthen relative to my late client but of no avail and now the security bank where my late client had deposited (US$ 33.8 M) has given me a notice to locate any member of my late client or they have the money sequester.

For that reason, since I have contacted you, I have request your permission to present you prior to the security bank as the bonified beneficiary next of kin to my late client, so that you can receive the money into your account as the bonified next of kin to my late client while we disburse according to our percentage agreement after the deal must have been done.

Note: this transaction is 100% risk free as I will guard and channel you from anything that will break the law for I will back you up with all the essential documents that will back you up fully as the bonified next of kin.


On the other hand; please this transaction should be kept top surreptitious and private so that there would not be any eyebrow. Consequently, if this scheme safety you, kindly pressure very imperative to enable us proceed and accomplish our aim.

Awaiting your optimistic answer.

With Regard,
Barrister. Mohamed Abdul.
Phone: + 234 80 7535 4741.

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