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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: "Alex CH Wattimena" <b.lendrum@bbwlaw.bizzStevenage>
Reply-To: barr.brucelendrum@skymail.mn
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:33 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: REPLY BACK WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS FOR FURTHER UPDATE,




(BRIGNALLS BALDERSTON WARREN ) STEVENAG
Bruce Lendrum, Barrister & Solicitor
FORUM CHAMBERS, THE FORUM, STEVENAGE,
SG1 1EL, ENGLAND.UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel:Work 01438 359311 Fax:01438 740127
Private Mobile: 0702 402 2886.
DX:6011 STEVENAGEWeb:www.bbwlaw.biz
Email:barr.brucelendrum@skymail.mn

Compliment of Season My Dear,

I know that you may be surprised in receiving this confidential proposal
from somebody you do not know, but please do not be alarmed, it is as a
result of the urgency and nature of the business that made me to contact
you in this manner. I am Attorney Bruce Lendrum, a personal attorney to
late Mr. WILLIAM WISE, (hereinafter referred to as my client, an
expatriate and oil/mining contractor who used to work in this country as
an Engineering Consultant with UK Mining Corporation.

On the 07 July 2005 my client died in London bombings. You can confirm
this transaction at the BBC News website
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4661059.stm) as I await your urgent
response for further details. My client used to be a close friend of my
late father who also died years ago Shortly before my client death, he had
instructed me to prepare his WILL but without a named beneficiary yet. He
had already signed the WILL and was contemplating to make the will to
motherless babies’homes the beneficiary since they had no children before
he died. Since that unfortunate incident, I have made several enquiries to
locate any of my client's relatives to facilitate repatriation of his
deposit, but all my efforts up till date proved unsuccessful.

The reason for contacting you is to assist me urgently in repatriating the
sum of (Eleven Million) left behind by my client before his death. This
amount of money is kept in safe custody with a finance Institution
operating between Europe. The Finance Institution has issued me a notice
to provide the next-of- kin of my client or have the money declared
unserviceable and returned to the government. I can not claim this money
myself because of my position as the Attorney to the deceased and the
finance Institution is aware of this situation.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for years
now, I seek your consent for a confidential co-operation with me so that I
can present you as the next-of-kin to my client late Mr. WILLIAM WISE for
the money to be paid to you as the next of kin. Note that this transaction
is simple and risk free because I will provide you with expert legal
services, documentations and transaction codes that will guarantee the
successful execution of this deal with the financal Institution. All I
require is your honesty and serious co-operation to enable us see the deal
through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

I wish to point out here that after the claims, I would want 20% of this
money to be shared among charity organizations, while the remaining 80% is
shared equally between us. You will agree with me that it is a better
judgment for us to claim this money and put into profitable/peaceful use
than allowing it to be confiscated and divided amongst the government. If
you are capable of handling this transaction, please reply via my email
address: barr.brucelendrum@skymail.mn, with your full names and present
address and telephone number to enable us discuss and proceed accordingly.

Yours faithfully,

Barr. Bruce Lendrum.
Email:barr.brucelendrum@skymail.mn
Tel. +44 702 402 2886
REPLY BACK FORFURTHER UPDATE

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