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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 Taiwo Emeka Musa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristermusa@daum.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:37:01 +0800
Subject: Very Important

Barrister Taiwo Emeka Musa
Call to Bar number: 000184
Address: 1004 Housing Estate,
Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria
Phone: +234 1 2704456
Email: barristermusa@daum.net
I am Barrister Taiwo Emeka Musa Esq. an Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria. I am
the personal Attorney to the Late Engineer your family member who works as a staff with Shell
Petroleum Development Company here in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my Client.
On the 22 of April 2020 my client died of Covid-19 in Readington Hospital here in Lagos Nigeria
in the discharge of his duties as a staff of the company.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives which 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 and I was lucky to
stumble across this website and was able to locate you with hope that I am in contact with the
right person. I need to present you before the bank where my late client deposited his money so
you or any of your family members can stand as next of kin to make claim of my late clients
estate with the bank.
Necessary application needs to be submitted to the Bank before my late clients account and funds
are confiscated or declared un-serviceable by the Bank, hence reason why I decided to search on
the internet for any of my late clients family members to stand as next of kin. Before my late client
death on the 22nd of April, 2020, he was and remained a staff of shall petroleum with a monthly
salary of US$12, 850 and other benefits which amounted to US$16, 000 per month. My client has
worked with Shell Petroleum for over 16yrs after he was posted to Nigeria. The Bank Has issued
me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the Account confiscated within the next 21 working
days. Since I have been Unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 8 months now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since I am the attorney of my late client
which the bank in question knows too well and the proceeds of this account valued at (US$4.6M! )
Four Million Six Hundred Thousan
This Money can be paid to you and your family, All Necessary legal documents will be in place that
can be used to back up any Claim we may make. All I require is your honest Co-operation to
enable us seeing this claim through. Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please do get in touch with me for more Details, once I have your consent and trust then we can
proceed immediately.
Your anticipated response is urgently needed.
Yours Truly,
Barrister Taiwo Emeka Musa
Attorney at Law
Federal Republic of Nigeria

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