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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: salmanchambers@legal.com
Reply-To: mldksy0@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 05:44:51 -0500
Subject: Anticipation of your positive reply - office

Hello,

Thank you so much in anticipation of your positive reply. As a Commercial Lawyer | Business Litigator, I am managing clients Investments and this message is reaching you in respect of my late client; aged 83-years, died childless, relatives not discovered after six months search of family-tree. The deceased left behind is 3.7 Million Pounds Sterling which must be claimed within the period of two years to avoid confiscation by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as unclaimed bill.

I believe we can work things out perfectly because i will present you as distant relation to the deceased, also as investment attorney handling deceased funds i will back-you-up with payment authorization from the ministry of external relations, deposit certificate, tax exemption clearance, deceased death certificate, and inheritance affidavit hereby attesting that you are the only survival relation to the deceased. My credibility as a Commercial Lawyer | Business Litigator will tantamount our success inline with your humane partnership thereby posing as the only survival relation (deceased cousin). Many rich lawyers made their wealth after utilizing magnificent opportunity of this nature.

However, at the successful conclusion of this magnificent transaction we shall share the fund equal, which mean that 50% of the total amount is yours, while the remaining 50% of the total amount is mine. Therefore, we should handle this ordained transaction with utmost sincerity to guarantee quality success. Kindly provide the following needful information for the procurement of vital beneficiary backup documents in your favor;

1) Your full name-----------------------
2) complete address-----------------
3) Mobile number---------------------
4) Your nature of business---------
5) Marital Status-----------------------
6) Date of Birth-------------------------
7) attach any form of your identification.

With the above information this transaction will be marked as positive claim while you remain steadfast in confidence to make hay while the sun shines. I have lived a very straightforward life as a dedicated servant of the most high God, i believe in humane kindness and loving my neighbors as myself, remain bless in anticipation of your kind positive reply.

Respectively,

Salman Al Fazali Esq.
South Building, 200 Aldersgate
London, EC1A 4HD United Kingdom
Direct phone: +44 7031923714
Email: trcbnn@yahoo.com
Email: salman.alfazali@activist.com
Commercial Lawyer | Business Litigator | Mediator

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