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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: GOGO GOMEL <go_gomel1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:25:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Barrister Gogo


From: Barrister, Gomel Gogo.
Gogo Chambers, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire(Ivory Coast)
Direct Telephone: +22508527877.
Reply to: gogo_gomel@yahoo.co.uk

Attention:

I only required your Truthful, Honest and Sincere to execute this project and nothing more.

Meanwhile, box that contains US$5,510,000.00(Five Million Five Hundred and Ten Thousand US Dollars only) which belongs to my late client Mr. Robert Manis, who unfortunately lost his live three mounth after injuries sustained on bambing here during the war but as the Personal Attorney of the said deceased person, I decided to make it deal, inviting you to put up CLAIM over the box, as well as order the Security Company where my late client deposited the box to be delivered to your address oversea since there is no relations at hand after my late client.

You only need to Act as Next of Kin and Family Foreign Trustee Manager to the deceased person by forwarding Application of Claim to the Security Company for withdrawing the box. I am here to monitor the process of approval of the box to you as the Security Company where the box was deposited knew me as his personal Lawyer and will contact me for further approval. The deceased was not a Citizen of this country, but Nationalised in our country ( Ivory Coast ) and he owned a lot of Companies and persons in our country during his life time, but our Federal Government closed and folded all his Companies and if time is not taken, they will ask me of all his assets as his personal Lawyer.

If you follow my instructions/directions and put in your maximum assistance and co-operation to this offer, the box will be deliverred to any address you will provide within (7) working days and I shall immediately fly to meet you face to face to receive my share and plan for Investment of part of my share in your country under your kind assistance.

Upon my arrival, we shall have face to face meeting as arranged regarding where and how exactly to invest part of the funds through the assistance of a financial representives.You should also bear in mind that for business of this nature to succeed, we (you and me) have to be sincere, trustworthy and more importantly honest. I have taken you as my brother and strongly believe that you are not going to betray me or sit on this FUND when it eventually enters to your position.

I have suffered so much and have spent a lot of time in projecting this transaction to this stage before contacting you for us to execute the transfer of the box to your address.You are required not to expose this transaction to anybody and to keep everything confidential/secret until the money gets to your position and nothing more.

I have accepted to give you a sharing percentage of 70:30,from the proceedings of the box of course 70%goes to me while 30% goes to you as well,You should not worry at all, I am the (Personal Attorney) of the said deceased. So, I am in position to influence the company directors to ensure that the box be shifted to you. After going through the details of this offer I hope you will indicate your full interest and also understand that this offer is honourable and must be taken very serious and I also guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law but I advise you again to keep this transaction highly confidential until we conclude it and I arrive in your country for Investment.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Gomel Gogo.


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