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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: "Barrister Francis Solomon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Francis_solomon247@yahoo.pt>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:44:25 +0800
Subject: Attention:

Attention:

Barrister Francis Solomon Esq
Legal Practitioner and Consultant
Plot 154 Island ABUJA - NIGERIA
Francis_solomon247@yahoo.pt

Attention:
I am Barrister Francis Solomon (Esq) personal attorney to Engr. Donald
X. Marcum herein after shall be referred to me as my client. My client
had fatal accident disease that took his life on May 19 2011,
Unfortunately, my client lost his life on that accident. Since then I
have made several enquirers to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives this has also proved abortive. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to locate any member of his
family hence I contacted you.

My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the fund and
property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the First Bank Plc where this
huge deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued
at about 21.5 Million Dollar. The Bank had issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the
next one month. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over two year now I seek your consent since you are from
the same third country with my late client so that the proceeds of
this account valued at 21.5million Dollar can be paid to you then me
and you will share the fund.

All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable me as the
legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive your
inheritance fund.

I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you
from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me with your Full
name, contact address, your next of kin and your phone number so that
I will proceed by forwarding your data to the paying bank for
immediate transfer of the fund to your bank account.

contact email.[Francis_solomon247@yahoo.pt]

Best regards,

Barrister Francis Solomon Esq

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