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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: steven walker <adviseresqsteven@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 11:15:56 +0200
Subject: NEXT OF KIN.


*Steven Peter Walker(Esq)*

*Stone Chambers, 4 Field Court, *

*Gray's Inn, London, *

*WC1R 5EF..*

*Email: * *adviseresqsteven@webmail.co.za <adviseresqsteven@webmail.co.za>*

*Email: **sw541275@gmail.com* <sw541275@gmail.com>














* Greetings To You, This is a personal email directed to you and I request
that it be treated as such. I am Steven Walker, a personal attorney/sole
executor to the late Engineer Robert M, herein after referred to as” my
client" I represent the interest of my client killed with his immediate
family in a fatal motor accident in East London on November 5, 2002.and I
will like to negotiate the terms of investment of resources available to
him. My late client worked as consulting engineer & sub-comptroller with
Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd here in the United Kingdom and had left
behind a deposit of Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds
Sterling only (£6.8million) with a finance company. The funds originated
from contract transactions he executed in his registered area of business.
Just after his death, I was contacted by the finance house to provide his
next of kin, reasons been that his deposit agreement contains a residuary
clause giving his personal attorney express authority to nominate the
beneficiary to his funds. Unknown to the bank, Robert had left no possible
trace of any of his close relative with me, making all efforts in my part
to locate his family relative to be unfruitful since his death. In
addition, from Robert’s own story, he was only adopted and his foster
parents whom he lost in 1976, according to him had no possible trace of his
real family. The funds had remained unclaimed since his death, but I had
made effort writing several letters to the embassy with 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. More
so, I have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a
likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line
with existing laws by the bank However, it will interest you to know that I
discovered that some directors of this finance company are making plans
already to have this fund to themselves only to use the excuse that since I
am unable to find a next of kin to my late client then the funds should be
confiscated, meanwhile their intentions is to have the funds retrieved for
themselves. I reasoned very professionally and resolved to use a legal
means to retrieve the abandoned funds, and that is to present the next of
kin of my deceased client to the bank. This is legally possible and would
be done in accordance with the laws. 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, present you to the
"trustee" bank as my late client's surviving 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 to be 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 you the legal right to lay claim to
the funds, and it would back up your claim. I am willing to make these
documents available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued
at £6.8million can be paid to you before it is confiscated or declared
unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount is lodged. I do sincerely
sympathize the death of my client but I think that it is unprofitable for
his funds to be submitted to the government of this country or some
financial institution. I seek your assistance since I have been unable to
locate the relatives for the past three years now and since no one would
come for the claim. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
of the deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advantage
which also makes the claim most credible . In that stand, the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you. Then, we talk about percentage. I know
there are others with the same surname as my client, but after a little
search, my instinct tells me to contact you. I shall assemble all the
necessary documents that would 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 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. As I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this.
Please get in touch via my alternative email(**sw541275@gmail.com*
<sw541275@gmail.com>




*) for better confidentiality and if it’s okay to you send me your
telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction,
please do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you,
Thanks for your understanding. Kind Regards. Barrister Steven Peter Walker.
*

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