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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: "Bar. David Chong (Esq)" <V6@ecolxx1234.jp.tn>
Reply-To: <chongdavid20162015@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 11:44:27 -0700
Subject: Re,URGENT REPLY,

>From Bar. David Chong (Esq)



I am Bar. David Chong (Esq) an attorney to Christian Eicht Mason, a deceased Immigrant. Property magnate, who was based in the Spain, Also referred to as my client. On the 25th of July 2000, my client, his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



Since then I have been managing his properties here in Spain, and some of his properties, which he put out for sale which I monitored the payment as his attorney, has been bought and paid for.



Now the money paid was deposited into his Local account here. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank particularly, the bank has issued me a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.



My late client has an account valued at $12.5 million dollars. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time now, and with the bank giving me deadline, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 12.5 million dollars can be paid to you, and then you and I can share the money. The mode of shearing will be discussed on your interest in assisting in the transaction. I have all necessary information that can be used to back up any Claim we may make.



All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me, as his attorney; this is a Risk free business relationship. Please get in touch with me via my private email address:



For us to conclude this transaction I will want you to send me the following information stated below:



1. Your full name:

2. Telephone and fax number, if possible include you mobile telephone number.

3. Company name, position and address.

4. Profession, age and marital status.



We shall discuss further about this transaction upon your response to this message.



Best regards,
Bar. David Chong (Esq)

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