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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Anthony Ikwueme" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrister.anthoneyikwuemelaw@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:39:10 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY SIR/MADAM!

FROM ANTHONY IKWUEME,

I AM ANTHONY IKWUEME, ATTORNEY TO LATE MR. RAYMOND L. SMITH. I AM WRITING YOU THIS EMAIL BASED ON THE FOLLOWING REASON AND URGENCY OF IT, THE NAME PERSON WHO IS NOW DECEASED, I CAN'T FIND THE NEXT OF KIN TO HIS DEPOSIT OF US22.4 MILLION DOLLARS WITH A COMMERCIAL BANK HEAR IN LAGOS NIGERIA.

THE TRUTH IS THAT, I DO NOT KNOW YOU BUT I WANT YOU TO PARTNER ME AND CLAIM THIS MONEY AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO IT. FOR TWO YEARS NOW, I HAVE TRIED TO LOCATE THE NAME ON THE WILL WITHOUT SUCCESS, AND THE BANK HAVE MANDATE ME TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN IF NOT THEY WILL TRANSFER THE MONEY TO THE TREASURY ACCOUNT WHICH I DON'T WANT TO BE, CAN YOU PLEASE GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY IF YOU WILL BE INTERESTED TO STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN, FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION, RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL (barris.anthoneyikwueme01@lawyer.com).

DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR Name: __________Surname:____________Sex: _____ Age: ______Marital
status: __________ Current address: ____________Phone
no#___________Occupation:__________Means of ID__________ IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

PERCENTAGE SHARING IS 55% FOR ME 40% FOR YOU WHILE 5% IS FOR ANY EXPENSES FOR ANY PARTY INVOLVE ON THIS DEAL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE,
BEST REGARDS.
ANTHONY IKWUEME.

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