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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: "Barrister James Inana" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:05:55 +0530
Subject: Compliments

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER JAMES INANA.
Law Chamber Principal Attorney
Barrister James Inana & Associates
44, Kofo Abayomi Avenue,
Victoria Island,Lagos-Nigeria.
London Office Address: 1 Essex Court Chambers1 Essex Court,
Temple London EC4Y 9AR London.
 
 
Dear Good Friend
 
                  
             Compliments,
 
 
Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events.
 
 
Well, I am Barrister James Inana, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to MR SANGEETH K. who used to work with Agip Oil Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2010, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Abuja Express Road.
 
 
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident.Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. Afterthese several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence,I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Bank.
 
 
Particularly, the Finance House where the deceased deposited the US$5 Million (Five Million United States Dollars only) knows me very well and has ask me to present some one to claim the fund left my late client as they all know I am his attorney.
 
 
Consequently, this Bank issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to claim the US$5 Million (Five Million United States Dollars only) in their custody within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, Iseek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin to him so that the Bank will transfer thefund to your account.
 
 
Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the money in this order:60% will be for me, 40% will be for you. I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we may make with the Bank.
 
 
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
 
 
Best regards.
 
Barrister James Inana
Principal Attorney
Email:jamesinana@secretarias.com
Email:erskinechambers3@lawyer.com

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