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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: "Morgan Chambers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morganchambersn@abv.bg>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 08:56:04 -0800
Subject: Contact Me

Attorney at law, Barrister&Solicitor
Head office: 21rd, g, close, house 18,
Festac town Lagos Nigeria
Private email: morganfirms@abv.bg
Tel:: +234-808-134-8919

Attention:

Before I start, I must first apologize for this mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a relationship, but as time goes on you will realize the need for my action. My name is Barrister Morgan ibekweoru, a solicitor and the personal attorney to a citizen of your country, who owns a construction company in Nigeria. Here in referred to as my client, on the 26th of December 2004, my client, his wife and their two children were involved in the tsunami Asia disaster. My client and his entire family unfortunately lost their lives in the disaster.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, which has proved abortive after these several unsuccessful attempts. my main reason for contacting you is to assist me in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they are confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the funds redeposited/lodged particularly, the Gulf Bank of (Nig) Plc.

Where the deceased has an account with an approximate sum of eighteen million (US) dollars. The said bank has issued me a final notice to provide the next of kin of my client or they will be left with no other choice than to confiscate his funds, a copy of the said notice i will fax to you on getting your reply.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating my client's relatives, now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of my client to the bank, going by the fact that both of you has the same nationality, so that the said funds as stated above can be paid to you instead of leaving it for Gulf Bank of (Nig) Plc. we can take part of it and leave the rest to charity.

I have the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this arrangement through I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please kindly reply through this private email address: morganfirms@abv.bg Finally kindly give me your confidential Phone/Fax numbers so that I can fax to you all the correspondence between the bank and me.

Best Regards,
Barrister Morgan ibekweoru (Esq.)
E-mail: morganfirms@abv.bg

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