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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: ballo zakar <barr_belloesq@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:20:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM BARR BELLO ZAKAR TO THE FAMILLY OF/Marcel Janssen


FROM THE DESK OF BARR BELLO ZAKAR
12 BULVERD LOME TOGO
PHONE 00228 920 10 36
EMAIL bellozakar@wapda.com

ATTN.. Marcel Janssen,

I am Barrister BELLO ZAKAR an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer to Engineer W.A.Janssen, a citizen of your country who used to work with Shell International of Togo,hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.On the 21st of April,2001,my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Karra-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then,I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client’s extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.I am contacting you to assist in claiming the sum of US$8 million in cash, which the deceased deposited with a ECOWAS BANK OF WEST AFFRICA for safekeeping, before his sudden death.

The Bank in question has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin of my late client or have the deposit with them declared an “Abandoned Property” through the laid down legal procedures within one Month(though they don't know that the box deposited with them was cash, hence my client told them that it contains his family vital documents/valauables).

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year now,I therefore,seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceed of this deposit valued at US$8 million can be released to you, and I and you can share the money at an agreed proportion.

You will be required to open a non-residence Bankaccount in there(if you prefer)where you will pay in the money when the box is released to you by the Security Company. Upon your acceptance to this proposal,the information of the Security Company will be furnished to you so that you establish a contact with them and inform them of your readiness to come and claim the deposit with them.

I will direct on this with the back up in your favour. Every secret information relating to the deposit will be given to you which you shall use to identify yourself as the next of kin of my late client.Please contact me and also give me your direct telephone
number immediately Sincerely Yours,
Barr. BELLO ZAKAR











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