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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447924005285
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- delbert_cleavon@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Delbert Cleavon\(ESQ\)" <info@esparex.com>
Reply-To: <delbert_cleavon@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 10:32:03 +0800
Subject: Business Assistance!

DELBERT CLEAVON &CO, A SENIOR ADVOCATE&SOLICITOR
Contact Office&Chamber, 58 Colmore Row Birmingham
B3 2AS England DX: 13036 Birmingham-1 UK.
Email: delbert_cleavon@yahoo.com
Telephone:+447924005285

Dear Good Friend,

With due maximum respect, I ask of your indulgence knowing that this my proposal will be a surprise to you. I am Barr. Delbert Cleavon, an attorney at law and the accredited legal representative to, who was herein referred as my late client. He died as a result of a heart related illness in December 2004.

I am asking for your consent to assist in the transferring of the funds left behind by my late client into your account before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank, and this deposit valued:(GBP£13.628,000.00) Thirteen Million six Hundred and Twenty Eight Thousand British Pounds Sterling. Since you are not from England and my late client is not from England, so the proceeds of these funds can be remitted into your account as a foreign partner.

The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be confiscated and so far all my efforts to get hold of someone related to my client has proved abortive.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent in presenting you as the next of kin or beneficiary to my late client's Estates, since you have the same last name. It is my assurance that this project will be successful and I will make sure that the project is done within the applicable laws to guarantee full legitimacy. Then we can both share the funds on a mutually agreed percentage.

All legal documentations to back up your claims as my late client's or next of kin will be issued to us. All i require is your absolute honesty, cooperation and total adherence to my instructions to enable us transfer this funds into your account smoothly.

This project will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any infraction of the law.

If this proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology. In the contrary, indicate your interest. Note that I reserve the right to reject your acceptance on this proposal if I have reasons to believe that you may not be honest or discreet as it concerns this proposal.

Further details will be giving as soon as your interest is indicated.

Yours sincerely

Best regards,
Barr.Delbert Cleavon(ESQ)

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