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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: "Barr.Yusuf O.Ali" <dsegondu77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <yusufali99@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:16:08 -0700
Subject: Inquiry For Urgent Business Assistance



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Dear Friend.

I am Barr. Yusuf O.Ali a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Engr. Ralph N. Richard a national of United States of America, who
used to work with Shell - Development Company in Nigeria. Here in after
shall be referred to as my client.

On the April 16, 2011.my client, his wife and their three children were
involved in a car accident along Benin Republic express road. All
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I
have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the bank
where the deceased had an account valued at about USD$22.850M has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4
years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at US $28.850 Million can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money. 60% to me and 40% to you I have all
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may
make. All I require is your honest cooperation 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. Please get in touch
with me by my email and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to
enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Kindest regards,
Barr.Yusuf O.Ali.

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