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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: "Steve Adams Esq." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mailace713@mail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:16:49 -0700
Subject: Can I Trust You?

Barr. Steve Adams(Esq)
3027 Adeola Odeku St,
Victoria Island 106104,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Email: dsadamsuk6130@yahoo.com
 
Atten:
 
I am Barr. Steve Adams (ESQ) personal attorney to Engr. Daniel M. Tien a national of your country, who used to work with
 
Niger Delta Petroleum Resources Ltd here in Nigeria herein after, NDPRL be referred to as my client.
 
My client with his entire family (The wife and Children) were  kidnapped and were murdered on 17 Sep 2017 even after the
 
kidnappers received a ransom payment of 10 Million Naira from the Niger Delta Petroleum company.
 
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also
 
proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to present somebody who is not related to our
 
deceased as the Next of Kin.
 
The idea of presenting somebody is to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client prior to his
 
death before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank, why i have contacted you is to present you as his
 
next of kin, so that the $15.600.000.00 ($15.6M) will be paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the
 
percentage we will agree on. In view of this, I am seeking your co-operation and understanding to stand as the next of kin
 
to my deceased client, to enable us to claim the fund from the bank. Hence, if this proposal is OK by you and you do not
 
wish to take undue advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you.
 
Please kindly get back to me immediately, to enable me to enlighten you on how we are to proceed. On getting your
 
response, we shall agree on the percentage of disbursing the $15,600,000.00 (15.6M) between us, as i intend to invest part
 
of my own share in real estate business in your country, and i would appreciate if you can put me in the right part
 
investing in your country. I will not contact any person or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me to decide on
 
what to do next. be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free.
 
I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up your claim. All I require is your honest
 
co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive the fund into your account. I
 
guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.
 
I wait for your prompt response.
 
Regards,
 
Barr. Steve Adams Esq.

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