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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: Davidsyn & Associate <davidsyn1a@gmail.com>
Reply-To: email.davidsyndirect@gmx.com
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:34:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hope To Hear From You




From The Desk of Davidsyn & Associate

No.
34 Liverpool Road, Apapa-Lagos.

E-mail: davidsyn1a@gmail.com

Alternative E-mail: davidsyn@freemail.hu
 

 

Good day,

 

I am Barrister David Syn, Principal
Attorney of {Davidsyn & Associate} I am soliciting for your confidence in
this transaction by virtue of the nature of this venture that requires
confidentiality. I am not unaware of the fact that a transaction of this magnitude
will first make any one apprehensive and overwhelmed, but I assure you that I
contacted you specifically for good and with full assurances that everything in
this venture will go well.

 

The project I am presenting to you is a
case of my late client who willed $5.9 million to his wife, here in referred
to, as his next of kin. It was most unfortunate that he and his wife died on
the same day in an auto-crash. I am now faced with indecision and dilema of who
to pass the funds to, as both husband and wife died together.

 

This email might come as a surprise to
you, since there was no previous communication between us. My purpose of
contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late
client, to avoid it being declared as unclaimed deposit by the Financial
Institution where the fund is presently deposited by my client before his
death.

 

The Financial Institution has notified me
to contact and provide an existing relative with notarized papers or the funds
will be declared unclaimed and taken over by the Financial Institution's
treasury. So far, my efforts to get hold of someone related to my late client
has proved abortive. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to
the Financial Institution as the next of kin of my late Client for the purpose
of reclaiming his funds so that the proceeds of this will be released to you.

 

I shall provide all the notarized
documents to support and authenticate the claim that you are my Client's next
of kin. All I require is your honest co-operation and commitment to enable us
achieve success in this transaction.

 

I wish to point out that I want 10% of
this money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining 90%
would be shared equally between us. I will use my position as the client’s attorney
to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

 

Please contact me via my phone number:
+234 817 551 9974 and return e-mail to: {davidsyn@freemail.hu}


 

Upon your positive response, I will provide
you with further details that will help you understand clearly the processes we
are to follow to achieve success on this transaction.

 

I will appreciate if you would provide me
this information outlined below to enhance the facilitation of this transaction.

 

1. Your Full Name & Contact Address:

2. Your Telephone Number & Age:

3. Your Occupation & Marital Status:

 

 

Looking forward to a cordial Business
relationship with you.

 

Yours truly

 

Barrister
David Syn   


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