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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Advocate Yekini Adissa Lawani <avocat.yekini@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: avocatyekini@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 01:46:06 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Dear


Dear ,   

Compliment of the day, My greetings in the name of Almighty God ,How are you doing today ?I am Advocate Yekini Adissa Lawani ,an attorney to late Dr Micheal ,I have a secured business proposal for me and you to handle with care and trust.

First, I will express my grieving over the death of my late client, who died in an accident un-identified family or relative.His bank has permitted me to present an eligible relative as a claimant to his deposits close to(14, 500,000.00 Dollars) and with your surname you stand in as his relative,Since you have the same last name with my client .

If you accept my offer, kindly write me on this Email (avocatyekini@outlook.com)

Send the following information to me.

Your full name:…………………………
Age: …………………………………
Occupation: …………………………
Marital status: …………………
Your emails address: ……………………………
Your phone number: ……………………………
Your occupation: ………………………………

For further details concerning this and the sharing ratio. Listen to me carefully, this is true and must remain between us. I will forward the details and guidance to you, when I get a response from you. Do contact me through my private email: (avocatyekini@outlook.com)

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Yours Sincerely,

Yekini Adissa    

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