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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: Adewale Asolomade <asolomade444@zwallet.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 04:54:57 +0000
Subject: DONATION

RE : DONATION



YOUR NAME/ORGANISATION CAME UP IN THE RANDOM DRAW CONDUCTED BY OUR LAW FIRM -GKO AJAYI CHAMBERS OF NO 6 PALM AVENUE ., MUSHIN LAGOS NIGERIA.



MY NAME IS WALE ASOLOMADE-PRINCIPAL PARTNER OF GKO AJAYI CHAMBERS AND PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO OUR LATE CLIENT MR JAMES HARRISON WHO USE TO WORK FOR LIMICAVOS OIL FIRM IN NIGERIA.



HE IS A WELL KNOWN PHILANTROPIST ., BEFORE HE DIED , HE MADE A "WILL" STATING THAT $1,000,000 ( ONE MILLION DOLLARS ONLY) SHOULD BE DONATED TO ANY CHURCH, HOSPITAL, NURSING HOMES, RESEARCH CENTERS OR FOUNDATIONS OF OUR CHOICE OVERSEAS BY RANDOM DRAWING.



A RANDOM DRAW WAS CONDUCTED AS PER THE INSTRUCTION OF OUR CLIENT AND YOU WERE PICKED AS THE BENEFICIARY TO THE GESTURE IN HIS "WILL". WE ARE NOW PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SECURING THIS MONEY FROM THE BANK BECAUSE THEY HAVE ISSUED A NOTICE INSTRUCTING US TO PRODUCE A BENEFICIARY. IT IS OUR UTMOST DESIRE TO EXECUTE THE WILL OF OUR CLIENT HENCE THIS DRAW AND BASED ON THIS., WE ARE HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT PROCESS OF EFFECTING PAYMENT TO YOU HAS STARTED AND ALL RELEVANT/RELATED DOCUMENTS WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR YOUR PERUSAL/RECORDS UPON YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.



HOWEVER THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE GESTURE ARE AS UNDERMENTIONED -:

1.FUNDS MUST BE USED TO HELP LESS PRIVILLEDGED, ORPHANAGE HOMES/FIRE DISASTER AREAS



2.FUNDS MUST BE USED TO ADVANCE HEALTH RESEARCHES



3. FUNDS MUST BE USED TO REHABILITATE / CARE FOR OLD PEOPLES HOME



4.FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR FREE HEALTH CARE/AIDS TO WAR TORN ZONES



THE CONCERNED BANK -THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC AFTER VETTING AND CONFIRMATION WILL ADVISE YOU ACCORDINGLY AND YOU ARE REQUIRED THEM TO WHERE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT



WE WILL ADVISE YOU FURTHER UPON HEARING FROM YOU



CONGRATULATIONS



WALE ASOLOMADE

PRINCIPAL PARTNER

FOR : GKO AJAYI CHAMBERS

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