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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: "Barr. Gary Walker"
Reply-To: <barr.garywalker.esq2015@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:24:08 -0600
Subject: Your Family Inheritance...........


GREETINGS TO YOU,
This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated =
as such. I am Gary Walker, a personal attorney/sole executor to the late En=
gineer Robert M., hereinafter referred to as? my client" I represent the in=
terest of my client killed with his immediate family in a fatal motor accid=
ent in East London on November 5, 2002. and I will like to negotiate the te=
rms of investment of resources available to him.
My late client worked as consulting engineer & sub-comptroller with Genesi=
s Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd here in the United Kingdom and had left behin=
d a deposit of Fifteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterli=
ng only (=A315.8million) with a finance company. The funds originated from =
contract transactions he executed in his registered area of business. Just =
after his death, I was contacted by the finance house to provide his next o=
f kin, reasons been that his deposit agreement contains a residuary clause =
giving his personal attorney express authority to nominate the beneficiary =
to his funds. Unknown to the bank, Robert had left no possible trace of any=
of his close relative with me, making all efforts in my part to locate his=
family relative to be unfruitful since his death. In addition, from Robert=
?s own story, he was only adopted and his foster parents whom he lost in 19=
76, according to him had no possible trace of his real family.
The funds had remained unclaimed since his death, but I had made efforts w=
ith intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/=
beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate, and all such efforts have b=
een to no avail. More so, I have received official letters in the last few =
weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned pers=
onal assets in line with existing laws by the bank However, it will interes=
t you to know that I discovered that some directors of this finance company=
are making plans already to have this fund to themselves only to use the e=
xcuse that since I am unable to find a next of kin to my late client then t=
he funds should be confiscated,meanwhile their intentions is to have the fu=
nds retrieved for themselves.
I reasoned very professionally and resolved to use a legal means to retrie=
ve the abandoned funds, and that is to present the next of kin of my deceas=
ed client to the bank. This is legally possible and would be done in accord=
ance with the laws. On this note, I decided to search for a credible person=
and finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you,=
that I may, with your consent, present you to the"trustee"bank as my late =
client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the =
bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client.
I find this to be possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same=
nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late client making it=
a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have all vital =
documents that would confer you the legal right to lay claim to the funds, =
and it would back up your claim. I am willing to make these documents avail=
able to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at =A36.8milli=
on can be paid to you before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable to=
the bank where this huge amount is lodged.
I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but I think that it is un=
profitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this country =
or some financial institution. I seek your assistance since I have been una=
ble to locate the relatives for the past four years now and since no one wo=
uld come for the claim. I seek your consent to present you as the next of k=
in of the deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advanta=
ge which also makes the claim most credible . In that stand, the proceeds o=
f this account can be paid to you. Then, we talk about percentage. I know t=
here are others with the same surname as my client, but after a little sear=
ch, my instinct tells me to contact you. I shall assemble all the necessary=
documents that would be used to back up your claim.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that=
will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your =
notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain a=
ny fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of =
this transfer. As I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the =
trust I have bestowed in you.Get back to me via my personal email: (barr.ga=
rywalker.esq2015@gmail.com) for more details.Thanks for your understanding.
Kind Regard,
Barrister Gary Walker.
+447937168792

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