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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: dennis mbassogo <dennis.mbassogo02@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: denmbassogo03@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:00:17 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN


FROM THE DESK OF DENNIS MABASSOGO


MBASSOGO CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES


(ABOGADO)


SOLICITORS, ADVOCATES AND NOTARY PUBLIC


In my search for someone I can trust to consummate


this noble business opportunity that is presently at my


disposal, and with the opportunities to make a great success


out of it, I decided to search the Internet Peoples Finder


Directory, and I privately made a confidential search where


I got your contact I chose to propose this transaction to you,


with the hope that you will partner with me to


make this transaction a great success.




I am Dennis Mbassogo, an Attorney at Law, a national


of Equatorial Guinea, practicing in Dubai,United Arab


Emirates.


I am writing to notifyyou of the TESTAMENT of late


Mr. Morris Thompson, an American who unfortunately


lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines,


Flight 261 which crashed on January, 2000, including


his wife and daughter. You can read more on this if


you visit these websites:


http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/


My client (late Morris Thompson) before his death made


a deposit of Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand


United States Dollars (US$18,500,000.00) in Dubai, UAE


as free cash economy in his effort to avoid the


obligatory payment of 40% income tax in the United


States of America and most European countries with


stringent banking rules in its monetary policies.



Since we got information about his death, we have been


expecting his Next of Kin or relatives to come over


and claim his deposit because the bank cannot release


these funds unless a formal application is made in


accordance with the UAE law oninheritance claim.



Regrettably, I learnt that his supposed Next of Kin,


which could be his spouse or his only daughter died


along with him in the ugly Alaska airline crash


leaving nobody with the knowledge of this huge deposit


except me as his family lawyer. It is in this regard


that I and two officials of the bank decided to


solicit your assistance, by presenting you as the next


of kin to the deceased. We have agreed on the


following sharing ratios; 20% for your assistance and


80% for me and the bank officials.



NB: This transaction is very confidential and 100%


risk free as I have a copy of his LAST WILL AND


TESTAMENT which I can alter to affix your name as the


TRUSTEE & EXECUTOR. This transaction shall be executed


under legitimate and legal procedures that will


protect you from any breach of the Law.



Conclusively, we shall await your response to include


the followings:



(1).Your full name andaddress. (2).Your telephone and


fax numbers. (3).Your business name if any.



The above information you can forward either by email,


fax or telephone.



Yours faithfully,



Dennis Mbassogo



- dennis mbassogo


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