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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: "jamesdugg01@terra.es" <jamesdugg01@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 22:33:25 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Respond




JAMES DUGG & CO.CHAMBERS
(ATTORNEYS&COUNSELORS AT LAW)
FEDERAL HIGH COURT BENIN
WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,
25 DEGBAGO CRESCEN
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Please reply me to this box jamesdugg@yahoo.dk

Compliments, I Barrister James Dugg have decided to bestow this trust on you, which I pray you will not ignore or betray. I apologize in advance for any inconveniences this may cause you. I am Barrister James Dugg the Personal Attorney to late Mr Michael Gill, who was a contractor here in Benin Rep.Who, on December 2003, with his entire family were perished in Air -Crash on board from Cotonou. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash As a matter of fact, my client made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at (USD$15M) with Cemac Bank here in Benin Rep, and upon the duration time of their agreement, his bank started contacting him but no
response.

Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account confiscated after four years, as it is in the law of this country. Since then, I have made several contacts to His Countries Embassy in order to
Locate any of my clients extended relatives, which had also been unsuccessful. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since none of his relatives were no way to be found so that the proceeds of this account valued at $15m could be transferred into your account, thereafter, we will both share it in percentage according to our contributions to boost the success
of this great transaction.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all the claims we will make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us making this great benefiting transaction successfully. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me as fast as possible through this email address jamesdugg@yahoo.dk to enable us discuss further the progress of this
business.

Best Regards,
Barr James Dugg
Senior advocate of Benin (SAB).






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