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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: "Lambert Duke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lambertduke@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 22:48:58 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend

My Dear Friend,
 
I am Lambert Duke,an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer to Mr.A.Toma, a foreigner who
 
was an o i l  and gold merchant. Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.On the 23th
 
 
of May 2009, my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along
 
Dapaong highway while arriving from a Holiday to L o m e.All occupants of the vehicle
 
unfortunately lost their lives.Since then, I have made several inquiries to their embassy to
 
locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.
 
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the f u n d  valued at U S D 10.5 Ten million
 
and five hundred thousand United States D o l l a r s ,left behind by my client before it
 
gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security F i n a n c e  F i r m  where
 
this h u g e  a m o u n t were d e p o s i t e d .
 
 
The said Security F i n a n c e  C o m p a n y  has issued me a notice to provide the n e x
 
t of k i n or have his a c c o u n t  confiscated within the next twenty one official
 
working days.
 
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over years now, I seek your
 
consent to present as the n e x t of k i n  to the deceased since you have the same last
 
names,so that the proceeds of this a c c o u n t can be p a i d to you.Therefore,I will not
 
fail to inform you that this t r a n s a c t i o n  is 100 P E R C E N T risk free. On
 
smooth conclusion of this t r a n s a c t io n , you will be entitled to 40 P E R C E N T 
 
of the total s u m  as gratification,while 40 P E R C E N T  will be for me and the
 
remaining 20 P E R C E N T will be d o n a t e d   to charity.
 
 
All I r e q u i r e  from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this t r a n s  a
 
c t i o n through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
 
will protect you from any breach of the law.
 
 
For the confidentiality of this t r a n s a c t i o n .I expect your urgent response
 
indicating your full interest in this great business t r a n s a c t i o n  to our both
 
mutual trust. Y o u r  t e l e p h o n e   and f a x   n u m b e r   will be need for our
 
easy communication.
 
F  u l l   n  a m e
 
 
C o n t a c t
 
 
P h o n e
 
 
B a n k D e t a i l s
 
 
A g e
 
 
O c c u p a t i o n
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Lambert Duke.Attorney-at-Law

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