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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: barrvictorjohnson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 08:03:36 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Call=20Me=2B234=2D1=2D7238492?=

FROM:BARR VICTOR JOHNSON.
LAGOS-NIGERIA
TEL:+234-1-7238492
Reply To:barrvictorjohnson@i12.com

Attn: Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Victor Johnson, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorneyto
late Mr. Robert Chapman the African Area Director of SIL International,whounfortunately
died in the crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431 in Abidjan,Ivory Coast, January
30 2000

you will read more stories about the crash on visiting this
website,news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kenya2000.html and also in
this website, where Chapman's company talked about his death in the Kenya
crash. You shall as well find the pictures of Chapman and his wife there.Mr.Robert
Chapman Hailed from Hamilton, Ontario Canada.

Since the death of Robert Chapman, I as his personal attorney, have made
several enquiries to locate his only surviving relation, without any success.I
came across your name and contact on the course of my personal searching
for Robert Chapman's relations, so I decided to contact you for this project.


I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left
behind in a fixed deposit account by Robert Chapman , before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by Eco Bank Plc where my client operates an account
worth $USD7.5 Million Dollars. The board of Eco Bank Plc has issued me a
notice that after 2 months from now and no next of kin shown up for the
claiming of the said funds, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.

Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating Robert Chapman's
relatives for sometime now,it on this note that I seek your consent to present
you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner,so that
the proceed of this deposit valued at $USD7.5 Million Dollars can be released
to you for our disbursments.

I and my team have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum,Upon successful
remittance of funds into your bank account,5% has been set aside to cover
all expenses incurred both local and international, during the course of
this transfer,while 70% will be for me and my team.These are the following
informations needed.

1.Your full name and residence address
2.Your tel/fax numbers
3.Your occupation
4.Your age
5.Banking account details

All requires is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business successful.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which
will protect you from any breach of the law. Robert Chapman was a very good
man and it is not wise for me to allow his hard earned wealth to be stolen
by the greedy directors of Eco Bank Plc.Further details awaits your response
by email.

PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.Do not hesitate to include your
private phone and fax number, when replying this proposal,you can also email
me on this alternative email:barrvictorjohnson@i12.com

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Victor Johnson

Call Me+234-1-7238492

Reply To:barrvictorjohnson@i12.com



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