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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: "Barrister Sanusi Newton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristersanusinewton@freemail.hu>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:38:35 -0800
Subject: URGENT GOOD NEWS

I am Barrister Sanusi Newton, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to late Mr. George Brumley the African Area Director who was a consultant with Shell-development, who unfortunately was involved in the plane crash in Nairobi Kenya Airways Flight 431 in 16,355-foot Lenana Peak on Mount Kenya, Monday July 21 2003 you will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website, http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html and also in this website, where Brumley's company talked about his death in the Kenya crash. Mr. George Brumley Hailed from Hamilton, Ontario Canada.Since the death of George Brumley, 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 search for late George Brumley'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 Mr. Brumley, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by Eco Bank Plc where my client operates an account worth $USD75 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 George Brumley'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 proceeds of this deposit valued at $USD75 Million Dollars can be released to you for our mutual benefits.
 
1. Your Full Names
2. Home/ mailing address
3. Phone Numbers
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Copy of your passport or drivers license I have worked out the modalities for the persecution of this transaction which had meets all necessary requirements in our country and those of international arbitration.
 
All i require 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. Mr. Brumley was a very good man and it is not wise for me to allow his hard earned wealth to get confiscated by the greedy directors of Eco Bank Plc. Further details await your response by email.
 
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Yours faithfully,
Barr. Sanusi Newton. (Esq)
Email: barristersanusinewton@freemail.hu
Call for good +2348023908562

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