Barrister James Osoba (Esq)

The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of variants of scam e-mails sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page, or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search, I can 100% guarantee you...YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in this e-mail have absolutely no connection with this scam!

None of the scammers use their real names.
Sometimes they take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.
Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

From:     JAMES OSOBA <j3osoba@gmail.com>
Subject:     Dear Friend,my regards to you and your family
Date:     Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:07:21 +0700 (07:07 EDT)

FROM JAMES OSOBA (ESQ)
Plot 12 Satellite Town
Lagos-Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

My name is James Osoba Barrister at law, and the Personal Attorney to late Mr. Rick,a foreigner who used to work with Jangle Cement Company here in Nigeria, on 31st of July 2000, my client and his entire family got involved With an air craft {US Concorde Flight AF4590} which crashed at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. killing all 109 passengers on board, you can confirm from this website:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm).

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my late clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund left behind by my late client because the bank have asked me as his lawyer to produce his next of kin.

Particularly, the Bank has given me a notice to provide the next of kin to claim the contract valued at about US$6.5 Million Dollars or have the amount confisicated,since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over years, now I seek your conscent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner and as well have the same surname with that of my late client,the proceeds of this account valued at US$6.5 Million can
be paid to you.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law of your country and my country too as a professional legal attorney in the field.

Finally,kindly maintain confidentiality between you and I on this transaction and get back to me via this Email ID (barr_jamesosoba2@yahoo.co.uk)

I await your urgent response.

Best Regards,

Barrister James Osoba (Esq)

This is just a small sampling of the hundreds of scam e-mails received each day here at 419baiter.com headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.