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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: "ELVIS O. COLLINS" <jacobson@wlt53hr0g.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <barrelvis1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:31:24 -0700
Subject: From Barrister Elvis

ATTN.: BENEFICIARY`
 
I AM BARRISTER ELVIS  COLLINS OF COLLINZIN CHAMBERS AND ASSOCIATE.  I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO  MY CLIENT MR.JOHN ALEN GATES WHO HAPPENS TO BE A CONTRACTOR THAT EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, U.K.
 
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT SIR, JUST PAY A BIT ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE. ONE MR.JOHN ALEN GATES  WHO HAPPENS TO BE A CITIZEN OF SWEDEN THAT DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 2008.  AFTER HIS SUDDEN DEATH, HER LOVING WIFE WHOSE NAME WAS MRS. JOANN GATES SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A CANCER AS A RESULT OF THE SHOCK OF HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.  IN 2009, SHE DIED.  MR.JOHN ALEN GREEN WITH HER LOVING WIFE HAD NO CHILD NOR ANY RELATION.MR.JOHN ALEN GATES DIED 7 MONTHS AFTER  A CONTRACT WORTH ABOUT 15.5M WAS   COMPLETED WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, NNPC, WHICH WAS DEPOSITED WITH THE BARCLAYS BANK, U.K. AFTER MR.JOHN ALEN GREEN DEATH, I HAPPENED TO BE LIKE A SON TO THIS FAMILY WHICH THEY DID NOT HAVE.MRS.JOANN GREEN TOLD ME EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ORIGIN.  WHEN HER CANCER ILLNESS BECAME WORSE AND THE DOCTOR TOLD HER SHE HAD ONLY 5 MONTHS TO LIVE, I COULDN'T BEAR THE WHOLE SITUATION.  A WOMAN THAT ALWAYS CALLED ME SON TO
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO YOU HAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE,I MEAN SOMEONE THAT IS VERY DEAR TO YOU. IN MY WHOLE LIFE, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ONE, VERY CLOSE TO ME, GIVEN A PERIOD TO DIE.  IT WAS A VERY GREAT SHOCK TO ME.
 
NOW, 4 MONTHS LATER IN THE HOSPITAL, MRS. JOANN GATES  CALLED ME TO GET A PEN AND A SHEET OF PAPER, WHICH I DID.  SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS ABOUT WILLING THEIR FORTUNE TO THE LESS-PREVILEGED IN USA.  MR.JOHN ALEN GATES  WAS A CITIZEN OF SWEDEN AND MARRIED MRS. JOANN .FROM USA
ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE WILL BY MRS. JOANN GATES , SHE SAID THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR YOU WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND SHE TOLD ME THAT BEFORE HER HUSBAND DIED, HE ALWAYS TOLD HER ABOUT YOUR FAMILY HOW HE GREW UP WITH YOU DURING THEIR SCHOOL DAYS. MR.JOANN GATES  ALSO STATED THAT HER HUSBAND CAME DOWN TO U.K. WITH HIS PARENTS WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD.  SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE PARENTS WERE ORPHANS, THAT THROUGHOUT THEIR WHOLE LIFE, THEY USED SWEDEN AS THEIR HOME COUNTRY.  THEN, I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS TO MRS. JOANN GATES : DON'T YOU HAVE A RELATION?. SHE SAID THAT SHE ALSO WAS AN ORPHAN, THAT HER HUSBAND, MR.JOHN ALEN GATES  MET HER IN AN ORPHANAGE HOME DURING HIS FREQUENT VISITS AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER SO MUCH THAT NOTHING COULD SEPARATE BOTH OF THEM DUE TO THE SYMPATHY AND  LOVE THEY  BOTH HAD FOR EACH OTHER.  THE WHOLE THING WAS SO SHOCKING TO ME AS IF IT WAS A PROGRAMME.
 
NOW, BEFORE MRS. JOANN GATES  DIED, SHE WILLED THE SUM OF $15.5M FOR THE BUILDING OF A FOUNDATION FOR THE LESS-PRIVILEGED HOME IN USA ON YOUR NAME,I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT MR.JOHN ALEN GATES EXECUTED WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, NNPC ALSO WIHT UNITED NATIONS AND THE NOTE WHICH INSTRUCTED ON HOW THIS TOTAL SUM OF $15.5M SHOULD BE USED.  MRS. JOANN GATES  STATED THAT I SHOULD CONTACT YOU ON THIS ON YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AFTER 1 YEAR THAT SHE DIED.
 
NOW, I AM CONTACTING YOU AS A MATTER OF URGENCY BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THE BARCLAYS BANK OFFICIALS HAVE ABOUT MR.JOHN ALEN GATES AND THE WIFE, MRS. JOANN GATES, THAT THEY HAD NO CHILD, NEITHER ANY RELATION.  THEY CONNIVED TO ARRANGE SOME FRAUDULENT ACTS WITH UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS TO COME AND STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN, NOT KNOWING THAT I, BARRISTER ELVIS HAVE ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION ON WHOM THIS SUM OF US15.5M WAS WILLED TO.  THEY THOUGHT THAT KEEPING SILENCE FOR A WHILE MEANT TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO STRIKE.  I HAVE ALREADY PUT A STOP TO THAT WITH ALL THE PROOF IN MY POSITION AND ALSO MOVED THE FUND OUT FROM BARCLAYS BANK, U.K. TO UNITED STATES FOR ITS SAFETY.
 
THIS TOTAL SUM OF $15.5M IS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH A SECURITY COMPANY AS THE FUND WAS FLOWN FROM BARCLAYS BANK THROUGH THE MEANS OF A DIPLOMATIC CASH DELIVERY COMPANY IN ORDER TO STOP THE BARCLAYS BANK OFFICIALS FURTHER FROM THEIR FRAUDULENT PLANS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE LADY IN CHARGE OF THIS CONSIGNMENT.  HER NAME IS SUSSAN.
 
IN MY NEXT MAIL TO YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ABOUT THE WILL, ON HOW THE SHARING RATIO WILL LOOK LIKE AND ALSO GIVE YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF MRS. SUSSAN IN NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES.
 
I KNOW THIS IS A SURPRISE TO YOU.  SO YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR OUR PLANS OF BUILDING A CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN USA.  THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO FOR THE SOULS OF THIS LATE FAMILY TO REST IN PEACE AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERYTHING MUST BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HER WILL.
 
MAY THE SOULS OF THIS FAMILY REST IN PEACE.
 
I AM ALSO AWARE THAT SOME OFFICIALS OF THE BARCLAYS BANK HAVE PASSED THIS INFORMATION OUT  TO SOME PEOPLE ILLEGALLY TO CONTACT YOU EVEN FROM NIGERIA, EXTORTIING MONEY FROM YOU, BELIEVING THAT YOU MUST HAVE RECEIVED THIS SUM OF US15.5M.  THEY ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A WAY TO STEAL MONEY FROM YOU AS THEIR PLANS OF INHERITING THE FUND DID NOT WORK OUT FOR THEM.  I GOT THESE INFORMATION FROM AN INSIDER IN BARCLAYS BANK.
 
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, HENCEFORTH, DESIST YOURSELF FROM EVERY TRANSACTION THAT CLAIMS TO SUPPLY YOU WITH ANY FORM OF LUGGAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THIS AS A  RESULT OF THEIR AWARENESS OF THIS $15.5M SO THAT THEY CAN STEAL MUCH MONEY FROM YOU.  I MUST WARN YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL AT THIS VERY POINT IN TIME,AND KEEP THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL OK.
 
I WILL LEAVE YOU HERE NOW IN FAITH AND HOPE TO GET BACK TO YOU IN FAITH.
 
THANKS.
 
BARR. ELVIS O. COLLINS
MERCY.
 
UK NUMBER: +44751127831
NIGERIN NUMBER:234-1-7682860
USA     NUMBER:6462573467

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