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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: "Afam Mkaty" <afam00@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:31:12 +0000
Subject: Can u assist call if u can 00228 939 65 99

AUDITING DEPARTMENT
UNION TOGOLESE DU BAN QUE LOME TOGO
TEL: 00228 939 65 99
ALTERNATIVE E-mails:afamu_00@inbox.com
afamu_00@rediffmail.com

Attention:

I have a proposal for you this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honor against your will I am 49 and had worked with
a Bank one of the African leading Banks in the West Coast. Here in this Bank
existed a dormant account for the past 2 years which belong to a Syria
national who is now late when i discovered that there had been neither
deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period. I decided
to carry out a system investigation and discovered that none of the family
member or relations of the late Syrian is aware of this account.

This is the story in a nutshell; now i want an account overseas where
i can transfer these funds. Thereafter I had planned to destroy all related
documents for this account It is a careful network and for the past eleven
months i have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the
accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-US$9.5 million US
dollars. Now our questions are: Can you handle this project, Can i give you
this trust, can you sponsor this project, and if so what will be your
commission, consider this and get back at me as soon as possible??? Finally
it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded
the necessary attention urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I Expect your urgent response, if you can handle this project
kindley reply through this e-mail for urgent Response
:afamu_00@rediffmail.com and Call me at this direct line +228-939-65-99
after sending a mail for confirmation.

Respectfully Yours
Mr Afam Makaty.
00228 939 65 99.


NB:Kindley send me with the Fellowing infomations to accelerarte the
velocity of the transaction

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