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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: "Barr. Bishop Jimmy " <tatiana@ngn.lv>
Reply-To: barr.bishopjimmy@legislator.com
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:56:49 +0300
Subject: ATTN:



--
Dear Friend,

This is a confidential business proposition and I request that it be
treated as such. It is specifically directed to you and I must solicit
your confidentiality on it. I assure you that I am contacting you in
good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit to us. I am
Barr. Bishop Jimmy a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney/executor to a deceased client of my chambers who shares same
surname with you, who was an independent oil magnate in my country, but
died in an
auto crash with his family on the 19th of August 2009 in East London.

My late client, a former Production Engineer with Premier Oil Plc., here
in the United Kingdom had Left behind a deposit of Eight Million Two
Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only (£8.2M) with a bank. 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 sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the
embassy with the 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 his money within
the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned
funds. The Bank had planned to invoke the abandoned property Act of the
Bank 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, have you present yourself to the "Trustee" as my late client's
family member, so 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 are of the same
nationality and 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 on you the legal right to make this claim and would make them
available to you so that the proceeds from this bank account valued at
£8.2 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 on 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 7 years nowI seek your consent to have you present yourself 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 told me to contact
you, and you like someone i can trust completely. 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 the 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 and if this
proposal is acceptable to you, send your telephone and fax numbers to me
to enable us discuss further on this transaction and do not take undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. Thanks for your
understanding.

I would appreciate your earliest response, by contacting me via my
chamber's e-mail: barr.bishopjimmy@legislator.com

Yours in Service.

Barr. Bishop Jimmy Esq
Solicitor & Notary Public
BECKWORTH CHAMBERS UK
68 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LS UK.

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