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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: Alomachristo Hanana <alomachristo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:35:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TO- Henk Siepe


Barrister Aloma Christo
Tele - +228 921- 55-91
No- 10 - Zangera - Lome Togo
West Africa.


Dear Henk Siepe,


I am sure that the receipt of this mail will be of utmost blessing to you .=
However sorry=A0 to marvel=A0 you a bit and take some of your time in goin=
g through this unpredicted=A0 letter of entreaty for your forbearing=A0 and=
facilitation.

I am Barrister Aloma Christo a solicitor at=A0 law,personal attorney to Mr.=
M .=A0 Siepe,a national Of=A0 your country, who used to work with Shell De=
velopment Company in Lome Togo. Here in after shall be referred to as my cl=
ient. On the 26th of December 2005, my client, his wife and their only=A0 d=
aughter were involved in a car accident along=A0 Basari express Road. All o=
ccupants of the vehicle=A0 unfortunately lost their lives. Since then i hav=
e made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients e=
xtended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name=
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted yo=
u. I have contacted you to assist in repartriating=A0 the fund valued at US=
$ 9 .5 million left behind by my=A0 client before it gets confiscated or de=
clared unserviceable by the Citizen Bank where this huge amount was deposit=
ed. The said BanqueTogolaise=A0 has for sometime now issued me a notice to =
provide the next of kin of my client or his account shall be declared=A0 do=
rmant or possibly confiscated.

I have made several probes here to uncover any of my clients extended/dista=
nt relatives, which resulted abortive now , I seek the consent to present y=
ou as the next of kin to the deceased since=A0 you have the same last names=
, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on re=
ceipt of your positive response,we shall then=A0 discuss the sharing ratio =
and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal docu=
ments needed to back you up for claim. All I=A0 require from you is your ho=
nest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that wi=
ll protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through=A0this email address for more details a=
nd dont fail to call me on my direct telephone umber for more oral clarific=
ation (+220 921 55 91 ).

Best Regards.

Barrister Aloma Christo=A0.
=0A=0A=0A

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