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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: "KINGSLEY FRED" < info@un.org >
Reply-To: fredkingsleychambers@yahoo.fr
Date: 22 Nov 2016 22:47:02 -0600
Subject: CALL OR EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU READ THIS LETTER.

Barrister Fred & Chambers.
9 Nelson Street,
BD1 5AN London, United Kingdom.
E-mail:fredkingsleychambers@yahoo.fr

Dear cd6@energy-net.org

I am Barrister KINGSLEY FRED. I am the personal attorney to Mr.
RICK, a national of your
country, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC) here in London,
herein shall be referred as my client. On the 21st of April 2008,
my client, his wife and
their three children were involved in a ghastly auto accident
along north London Express
Road, and fortunately, all Occupants of the vehicle lost their
lives. Since then I have made
several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's
extended relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his
last name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family or any close name to
his, hence I contacted
you. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where these huge
deposits were lodged, particularly the Finance House where the
deceased had his account
valued at about US$7million dollars. The bank has issued me a
notice to provide the next of
kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty one
official working days. Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3
years now, I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the
proceeds of this account
valued at US$7million dollars can be paid to you and then you and
I can share the money
according to any agreed ratio. You are required to reconfirm your
personal details as stated
below for funds succession:

1) Full Name:..........................................
2)Contact Address:.......................................
3) Telephone and Fax#:..................................
4) A copy of your id:
5) Marital Status:................................
6) Occupation:............................

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing
this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any
breach of the law.

CALL OR EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU READ THIS LETTER.

EMAIL: fredkingsleychambers@yahoo.fr
Best regards,
BARRISTER FRED.
Tele: +44-2033-229820.

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