The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants 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 resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Rodrick Adjovi <rodrickadjovi@yahoo.com> Subject:     hello Date:     Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:35:52 -0700 (PDT) (23:35 EDT)   Sir,   Forgive my indignation, if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should be treated as such. I am Barrister. Rodrick Adjovi.,Esq. of Cabinet Le Jurisconsult Conseils & Etudes, Cotonou, Republic Of Benin, a Lawyer and Solicitor at Law.    I am the Personal Attorney/Sole Executor to the Estate of my Late Client, who worked as an Independent Oil Merchant in my country Cotonou, Republic Of Benin, before he died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5Th of Nov, 2004.   I got your contact from the proffesional data base search..When I was searching for a foreign reliable partner.I was assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity and I am contacting you because you bear a similar last name with that of my Late Client and the further reasons are as follows: Since the death of my client in Nov, 2004, I have tried my best to locate any of his extended family relatives who legally should have been Claimants/Beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate but all such efforts have been to no avail.    However, going by the recent publications by the Management of the Bank in which my Client deposited the sum of £21.2M(Twenty One million Two Hundred Thousand British Pounds), I fear a likely confiscation proceedings in the coming months, hence my contacting you.I seek your consent therefore; to present you to the Management of this bank as my Client's Next of Kin since you bear a similar last name with him so that you can help repatriates the money to a foreign account. I promise a fair share of 50%-50% at the end of the transfer.    If you are very interested, get back to me as soon as possible with your full details; so that I will provide you further information on the next step.I want to assure you that I have all the requirements to execute this Claim. What is required is trust and a solemn confidentiality on this project by both parties involved. Please let me have your opinion as soon as possible and send to me your personal Information as follows for the execution of this transaction. Waiting for your urgent response.  Best Regards, Barrister. Rodrick Adjovi.,Esq. Cabinet Le Jurisconsult Conseils & Etudes C/4601 JERICHO,07 BP 6832, COTONOU,REPUBLIC OF BENIN   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently 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!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER 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.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail published on this website, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.