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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: Samuel Asante <samuelasante2015@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:34:38 GMT
Subject: FROM: S.K.B ASANTE & ASSOCIATES

FROM: S.K.B ASANTE & ASSOCIATES
Good Day
I am the personal attorney to Mr. Paul David, who used to be a shareholder with Chevron Oil Development Company in West Africa until his untimely death. His wife and their children were involved in October 25, 2002 plane crash. Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Security Company.

The Security Company where the deceased deposited the US$25.8 Million United States Dollars only) issued to me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to claim the (US $25.8 Million States Dollars only) in their custody within the next 60 official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 6 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin to him so that the fund will be released to you by the Security company and subsequently transfer to your account in your country.

I will come with you to meet with the security company for the withdrawal of the deposit. Upon the successful withdrawal of the deposit, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursement of the fund on the percentage ratio of :
50% will be for me
45% will be for you for your full and unreserved co-operation.
5% will be used for the payment of expenses incurred.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim over the deposit with the Security Company. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see 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 include all the followings in your Next reply.1.)YOUR FULL NAMES /(2.)YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER /(3)YOUR COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY /(4)YOUR OCCUPATION(5)YOUR AGE

Best regards

Escourt Mollah

SKB ASANTE & ASSOCIATES
Barrister, Solicitor &
Legal Practitioner

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