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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: "Barr.Luis Antonio Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <luis_antonio5@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:05:30 +0200
Subject: Attention: From Luis Antonio Esq

Attention: From Luis Antonio Esq.,


Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.


Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. My name is Luis Antonio Esq, A Spanish. I am the personal Attorney to late Mr. Alfred Kolmogorov, My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this fund valued €3,800,000.00 (Three Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Euros)only deposited by my client before his death.


The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury, So far, all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to the man has proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, since i have not get in touch with anyone who related to he, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to your account.All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's next of Kin, I shall provide. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction.


The money will be shared in the ratio: Fifty percent for me, Fourty five percent for you and five percent for any arising contingencies during the course of this transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law or any legal plight,as I will use my position as the client’s attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. Please be informed that your extreme discretion is required. If this interests you, please reply me directly by email and indicate your full name, Address Date of Birth, Your contact Telephone and fax numbers respectively. Upon receipt of your response, I will prepare a Text of Application you will send to the Bank Headquarters for payment approval in your favor.

I await your urgent reply.

Best regards,

Barr.Luis Antonio Esq.(Ättorney at law)
C/PASEO DE LA SACATILLANA, 45 -26 24989 MADRID-SPAIN
Tell:+34[672 566 681]E-mail:luis_antonio5@aol.com

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