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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: "Mrs. Glory Douglas" <mrsglorydouglas141@superposta.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrsglorydouglas181@superposta.com
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:37:15 -0300 (GMT+3)
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION.




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Hello Sir/Madam,

I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU.

I know this may sound ridiculous and unreal, but you must understand that
life is all about chances and utilization of opportunities that comes our
way. PLEASE DON'T BE EMBARRASSED NOR OFFENDED BY MY E-MAIL TO YOU. I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT OUT OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE I CHOOSE TO CONTACT
YOU. Is obvious we don’t know each other yet, but we don’t know why nature
is crossing our path today. Meeting new people in our lives is a
never-ending circle. You are like God sent to me today as I type this
email for you. You may think this is too good to be real, but I am telling
you today that as God lives, this is as real as the air both of us
breathe,

Let me start by Formally introducing myself to you. I am Attorney James
Ajiola a Legal Practitioner representing Rev. Fr. James buguwa My late
client was a 66 years Old Filipino Catholic Reverend Father who came here
in UK in the 1945 with a black Missionary Rev. Sister; He left Philippines
at the age of five(5), after The Japanese invading of the Philippines. He
said the experience was cataclysm.

However, he lived all his life here and owned an NGO which receives
Financial Aid (Grant) from the United Nation and other conglomates. He
died of Asthma attack, and since then no one has come forward to claim
this fund he deposited in a Bank here, which he intend to use in
establishing a foundation for Charity homes and orphanage centers in third
world countries as he has been doing secretly.

Also to the issue-Based on my relationship with my client, he informed me
of some wonderful ideas he wants to embark on which was to build one or
two churches around the third wave countries and Asia and also donate
monies to churches, and also to less privilege homes around the globe too
with this deposit of US$450.000.000.00 MILLION he made through a CODED
account in his local bank here in Africa which he gave me the CERTIFICATE
OF DEPOSIT to keep as his lawyer.

THE BANK Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors, had just started
arrangement for the fund to be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be
donated as trust fund for arms/ ammunition to further enhance the course
of War in Africa,Europe e.t.c for their selfish political
interest/investment. In order to avert this negative development, I hereby
need your cooperation in order to see that the Will of my late client is
actualized. I can never achieve this objective without a trustworthy
foreigner and this is where you come in.

However, I want to seek your consent to present you as a relative to My
deceased client by virtue of Power of attorney. As attorney to the
deceased the responsibility to establish your relationship with my client
rest on me and to achieve this objective, there are judicial processes
involved, which I will brief you on subsequent correspondence if you
indicate interest. Also take note that this is 100% risk free and legal.

I am not pursuing this claim for the financial gain. It is a duty I owe to
my late client who unfortunately was an orphan with no existing relatives
and even as I intend to use part of the funds to establish a foundation in
his name in the Philippines; notwithstanding you will be adequately
rewarded for your assistance in this endeavor I have decided to offer you
30% of the said funds. Expecting to hear from you as soon as possible, you
can contact me on my direct private
email:barrjamesajibola555@superposta.com and while replying include your
direct mobile phone so I can give you a call immediately for further
details.

Yours sincerely,
Barr. James Ajibola.

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