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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: doris lampty <doris_lampty_02@zwallet.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:13:56 +0000
Subject: Assistance With Trust ........ Sir,

Dear Sir,



I know this mail will come to you as a suprise since I never met you before, in brief introduction sir, my name is Doris Lampty the daughter to late Chief Patrick Lampty, (may his soul rest in peace) with my younger brother Kingsley. Our late father was
a wealthy cocoa/Gold merchant within the West African Region. Before his untimely death which occoured as a result of assisins, on his way back from Cote d’ Ivoire on one of his business trips.



Our late Father was hospitalised for four days and eventually died, before his death he called us beside his hospital bed and informed us about his numerous business associates and about the money ($5,765.000) million he deposited with a Union Finance Tr
ust Security Company in Lome, the capital city of Togo Republic, and had declared it as joint family treasures belonging to my father and his foreign associate abroad.



I have tried to contact our father's business associates who have all denied their involvement and financial partnership with our father. As God may have it, one of them who later accepted his financial partnership with our father ask us to come to Cote
d’ Ivoire, for him to show us our father’s investment. Unfortunately when we got to Abidjan, he tried to kill us. Thank God who made it possible for us to excape his devilist act on us as we found our way back to Lome, Togo - Republic.



Right this moment, we are stranded in Lome, Sir we earnestly rely on you, the cash deposited which we have confirmed it's existence at the Union Finance Trust Security Company in Lome, but unknown to the company, for the fact is in a computerised suit ca
se as well deposited as family treasure.



Due to our age and our inability to handle this transaction we have decided to contact your assistance to help us claim and transfer this money to your country for an investment, also you are to help us come over to your country where we can continue our
education since Togo Republic is not condulsive for us due to the ongoing political crisis and the fear that some of our late father associates who has denied our father’s financial involvement with them and even the unknow gunmen who killed our father,
may want to come after our life, as we do not want to remain and loose our life’s. All other legal document concerning this deposit will be forwarded to you in due course, and every legal documents are with us.



We thank you and look forward to hear from you as to enable us discuss more details about this transaction.



God bless



Sincerely



Doris & Kingsley Lampty.

Tel: 00228 923 02 11.

Alternative private email: doris_lampty_01@caramail.com

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