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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: "JAMES ROBERTSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james_robertson@w.cn>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:24:09 +0530
Subject: LETS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD



ATTENTION;

May this remaining month of the year bring fruitfulness in your life and your family and
viceversa.I used to be a personal attorney to Late JEFF,a foreigner,
who used to work with an oil company here in my country.I am Barrister James Robertson.

Before his death few years ago, my client and his entire family of four
were resident in this country before the ill-fated day that they met
their death as a result of a bomb explosion in London while travelling with
the family On the 7th July,2005.(Website:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings)

My client before his death deposited with one of the leading
banks here the sum of $22.2 Million and other personal effects
for safe keeping, with the hope of transferring it to his country as
soon as he is free to do so.Unfortunately this was not to be as a result of
his sudden death.

After his death, all efforts to locate any of his extended relatives was
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact
you SINCE YOU ARE ALSO A FOREIGNER SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE THIS DEAL TOGETHER.
I have contacted you to assist in reclaiming the money and property left
behind by my client before they get it confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank as the BANK has issued me the last notice to
provide the next of kin or have the MONEY confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your
consent to present you to the bank as his next of kin/heir so that
this deposit of($22.2m Million Dollars) will be paid to you and then you
and I can share the money in a 50:50 ratio, while we will jointly take
care of any expenses (if any) that may arise. Please you are free to
give your own opinion on this sharing modality if you so wish.

All I require is your honest co-operation and effort in seeing this
deal through. I guarantee that this deal will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of
the law.

Please get in touch with me immediately you receive this mail
if you are interested so that I will stop contacting some one else.As soon as I receive your mail,I will
also give you my contact information.

Best regards,
Barr.James Robertson
PRIVATE EMAIL: james_robertson@w.cn

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