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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: "PHILLIP ANDREWS" <phillip@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: phillipandrews@box.az
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:36:03 +0100
Subject: From Phillip Andrews (Urgent)

Attn: Sir,

It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a
suprise. This is because we have not met before but
I am inspired to send you this email by the huge
fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual
benefit to the two of us.

However, I am Barrister Phillip Andrews,the personal
attorney to the late Senator Paul lane Wellstone,
a Citizen of the United states and he was into politics.

On the 25th of October 2002, my client,his wife and
their three children were involved in a fatal Plane Crash
near Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport.

Unfortunately they all lost their lives including
other people in the Plane.Since then I have made
several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any
member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.

I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money
and property left behind by my client since I have no
place to locate any of his relatives. I can easily
convince his bank in the with my legal practice that you
are the only surviving relation of my client.Otherwise
the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits
were lodged.

Particularly, My late client had an account with one
of the banks Europe. valued at about US$9.3Million
(Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) which I witness the documentations before
he left for the states on 24 october 2002.

Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin to my client since I have been unsuccesfull
in locating the relatives.

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$9.3Million (Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) will be paid into your account and
then you and I can share the money. 55% to me and 40%
to you,while 5% should be for expenses,tax as your
government may require.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make. All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.

mail me on my altanative mail box :phillipandrews1@box.az

Yours Faithfully,

Barrister PHILLIP ANDREWS

N.B. Please indicate your telephone and fax numbers
for easy communication in this mutual transaction.


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