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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: vangelist@nexgo.de
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:23:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION

AMIR & AMIR LAW ASSOCIATES.
Broadgate Tower, 200 Bishopsgate,
London EC2M 3AF,
United Kingdom

Attn: Sir / Madam,

I am Tania Amir, the personal attorney to Robert Fitzpatrick, an American who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD here in London, who shall be referred to as my client. Unfortunately my client Lost his life on Boeing Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31st, 1999 (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi /world/americas/502503.stm ) and left no clear beneficiary as his Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the deposit which he left in my possession before he passed away.

All my effort to trace his Next of Kin proved abortive because he did not make any will prior to his death, since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my late client's extended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful. On my quest towards the search of my late client's relatives, i stumbled on your profile on the web, so i have to contact you on this matter so we can work co-operatively towards retrieving this money from the finance company.

I am contacting you to assist me in claiming the money left behind by my late client before it gets confiscated or declared unclaimed by the finance company where he deposited his fund. Particularly, the finance company where my client deposited the said fund valued at USD 11 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of Kin.

Consequent upon this, my idea is that we can have a deal / agreement and I am going to do this legally with your name as the beneficiary of the bona fide Amount in question as i have the legal document to back up all claims, i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to my late client so that the proceeds of this account valued at $ 11 Million US dollars can be paid to your account abroad, note that 40% of this money will be for you, in respect to the assistance you will render towards the success of this transaction and 50% for me, while 10% will be used for the reimbursement of any expenditure we may incur in the cause of the transaction.

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect us from any breach of law, all I need from you is your utmost honest collaboration and sincerity for us to thrive in this deal. Get back to me if you are ready to assist me by contacting me via my private email on: ( tania_amirlaw@yahoo.com.hk ).

Thanks and i hope to hear from you soon.

Regards,

Tania Amir.

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