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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: Barrister Cawsey <admin@mishoes.pt>
Reply-To: <barr.barrycawseay@gmx.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:29:37 -0800
Subject: Re: Please Consider My Proposal And Answer Me Immediately.

Dear Friend,
 
Thank you for your audience, and I greet you in the name of God Almighty, my name is Barr. Barry D. Cawsey from Great Britain and I contacted your mail because I’m soliciting for your partnership for a deal worth to USD68.7 Million US. Dollars to be transferred to your bank account for the benefits of both of us. Although, I am sorry for intruding into your email, though I feel it’s safer and best way to communicate to you through this medium duo to the nature of the business we intend to do together.
 
I found your email contact during my ultimate research for a reliable business partner who will be willing to transact this deal with me regarding my late client’s funds he last deposited in bank in Dubai before his auto accidental death. and I promise you that our dealings must be perfectly executed under the legal aspects, because I have enough experience on what is on the ground for us to be successful, the reason I am contacting you is because I found your profile worthy for us to carry out this deal expertly.
 
The sum which was left behind by my late client who until his accidental death, though he was an international businessman who deals on Mining of Row Gold in the West and Sub-Saharan African countries, but his business center was in Dubai, where he made the deposit of this amount in a Bank there for the huge projects of Gold mining in Africa, but death snatched him away unaware.
 
As his Lawyer and his trusted friend because despite being his personal Lawyer & Solicitor when he was alive I was the only person close with him to negotiate businesses whenever there’s any lucrative one and helped him with any legal aspects of his business, and since his sudden death on 20th April, 2014, the Bank’s management in Dubai have contacted me many times to locate and communicate to his families so that they will instigate the transfer of the funds back to the family’s Bank account, but honestly I have tried all possible ways but I could not locate anyone from his family, though when he was alive, I do remembered he told me how he lost his 2 brothers and mother in a ghastly motor accident who were the remains of his household back in 2009 along Vildmarksvägen road in Sweden.
 
You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions; my conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality and secrecy.
My assurance is that your role & participation in this deal shall be totally free of any legal jeopardy. To accord us our legal rights in this transaction, the whole procedures shall be legally handled with your name or your company name as you may suggest. Once again, I want you to understand that having put in over 12 years in the Legal Service of my country Britain; I am very much averse to having my image and good reputation dented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency it required.
 
I want you to expedite your response as I am well behind the schedule to enable me to have an agreement with you and then I will contact the Bank in Dubai to notify them so they will go ahead to moving the funds to your Bank account.
 
Please reply back if you are really interested in my proposal.
 
Best Regards,
Barr. Barry D. Cawsey.
E-Mail; barr.barrycawseay@gmail.com

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