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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: "davis loko" <barr_loko4@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:19:50 +0000
Subject: Details infos

Dear Lily Kempf,

I'm just receiving your first response to my mail,Like i said in my first
mail to you,i am the personal/ confidential attorney to the late Engr.
Francis Kempf who was a big contractor in Lome Togo until his untimely
death.He died on the 30th of April,2003 without any survivor.Since then i
have made several equiries to locate his extended family or relative without
success.After making these attempts for some time now, i decided to contact
you since you have the same last name with him because the bank where he
deposited his fund ($10.5million) has issued me a final notice since the
past five days setting a deadline of 21 days within which i have to forward
the details of a next of kin to Late Engr. Francis Kempf for the claims of
this fund or have it frozen at the expiration of the said deadline.


I am now fully convinced that you are the right and legal next of kin that i
have searched for all these while because my client has told me many times
about having his family scatered after the world war.The reason being that
this fund has been dormant since the past two years. Its as a result of this
that i am seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this
account can be paid to you .

Therefore,I need your full guarrantee to cooperate with me and full
assurance that i will recive my commission as soon as the bank transfers
this fund to your bank account.I will send you a copy of the death
certificate of the late Engr. Francis Kempf issued to me by the hospital
authority here after his death. Its quite very necesary that we agree on
what i will be entitled to for my assistance to claim this fund with all the
necessary backing .I have the the secret access code and other informations
which are most vital for successfull claim of this fund without any hitch.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will free from any breach of the law.I will be sending to
you an application text which you will fill and send to the bank for the
claim(release/transfer) of this fund to your bank account.The application
has to be sent to the bank foreign remittance director immediately i sent it
to you in my next mail.As soon as the bank receives it,they will acknowledge
it and request informations regarding this account from you which i already
have.All you have to do is to revert to me for directives which upon
forwarding to you,you will inturn send to the bank. Immediatly they receive
these informations, they will be proceeding for onward transfer of the fund
to your bank account without further delays.The whole process of this
transaction will take about four working days to conclude. I will be waiting
for your immediate reponse to enable us proceed so that we can conclude the
whole process within the time frame mandated by the bank.

Please call me on 00228.901 58 45 for more details or you attach your
private phone number in your next message.

As soon as I may hear from you I will send to you the application text form
you will fill and send to the bank here.

Waiting your response

Regards

Barrister Davis Loko.

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