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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Tatiana_Chane=E8kov=E1?= <tatiana.chaneckova@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:47:06 +0200
Subject: togo


Dear friend



I am Barrister don simon, the Personal lawyer to Mr Saveliy Dmitriy,
aforeigner who used to work with Shell Company here in Togo, hereinafter
shall be referred to as my client. As it may interest you to know, your
contact was giving to me by divine inspiration at the office of the Chamber
of Commerce and Tourism in Lome-Togo as I was going through some
directories.



I decided to contact you in order to champion such a business magnitude
without any problem. On the 31st of October 2003, my client and his wife and
their two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode
expressway while arriving from Holiday to Lome. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several inquiries to
locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved
unsuccessful.



I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the fund valued at
US$16.5m, (Sixteen Million five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars),left behind by my late client before it gets confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge amount were deposited.
The said Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his
account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.



Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 5 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
since you have the same last name with my late client, so that the proceeds
of this account can be paid to you.



All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Upon your
acceptance to this proposal, this transaction deserves utmost sincerity and
confidentiality till the fund hits your account.



I expect your urgent response indicating your full interest in this great
business transaction. Please reply to my private email address so that i
will reply to you swiftly and give you more details about the transaction.
My private email address is : (donsimon120@gmail.com
<mailto:donsimon120@gmail.com> )



Thank you and God bless.

Barrister don simon




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