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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: Alhaji Sanni <alhajisanni207@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:03:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello,


Hello,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it will be
treated as such. I must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you
that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of
mutual benefit. My attraction to you is based on your last and family name. I
implore you to read through this email and consider my proposition so
as to enable you evaluate the possibility for cooperation between us.

I am a nigeria registered attorney acting who worked as an independent oil
magnate in my country .My late client was a former Sub-Comptroller working
with Chevron Texaco

Oil here in nigeria and had Left behind a deposit of 12 Million three Hundred
Thousand united state dollars only ($12,300,000.00) with a bank.He died in
a plan crash accident

with his immediate family on the 4 May, 2002

After the death of my client, the Bank contacted me as his
Attorney to provide his Next of kin who should inherit his fortune
this according to them is their policy in such circumstances.Since the
death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with
intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be
claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such
efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the BANK about my
fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or His next of
kin.

The board of directors of the Bank just adopted a resolution and I
was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money
within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an
abandoned funds. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned
property decree of the company to confiscate the funds after the
expiration of
the period given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two
days suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned
personal assets in line with existing laws of the institution.

Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to
present a next of kin of my deceased client. This is legally possible
and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I
decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a
similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your
consent, present you to the \\\"Trustee\\\"
as my late client\\\'s
family members as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity
as a next of kin of my client.

I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you bear a similar
last name with my late client making it a lot easier for you to put up
a claim in that capacity. I have all vital documents that would confer
you the legal right to make this claim and would make them available to
you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at $12.3million
can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable to
the bank where this huge amount is lodged.

I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but think it is
unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this
country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these funds and
let it be claimed by the deceased family Lineage, etc. for this I seek
your assistance since I have been unable to locate the relatives for
the past four years now

My plan is to seek a person who has the same last name as the fund
owner and in collaboration with this person retrieve the funds, the
only criteria required to actualise this preposition, is that the last name
of this person be the same as the last name of the initial fund owner. In
which regards, all that is required is for me to impute a name of an
existing person (to be presented as the relative of the investor) into
a document which I will submit to company and return the placed fund
to whomever I indicate as the next of Kin of the initial fund owner
(This is where you come in because of your last name).
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can
share the money, 60% to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other
persons out there with the same surname as my late client, but after a
little check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on
this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back
up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should
not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for
the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please
get in touch with me for better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. My contact
number is +234-8022073364. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, Thanks for your
understanding.

I would appreciate your expedient response.

Regards.
Barr.Alhaji sanni


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