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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?chinasa=20ofo?= <barristerchinasaofo@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: barristerchinasaofo@myway.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:58:48 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: barristerchinasaofo@yahoo.de

FEDERAL HIGH COURT BENIN WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,

14 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,

COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

barristerchinasaofo@myway.com

Attn:

My Dear,

Compliments

,I barr CHINASA OFO

have decided to bestow this trust on you,

which

I pray you will not ignore or

betray me

I appologize in advance for any inconviniences this may causeyou.

I barr CHINASA OFO Personal Attorney to late Mr. GeorgeK.Marshal,

who was a contractor here in Benin Rep.

Who DIED, on25 December 2003, with

his entire family were perished in Air -Crash on board fromCotonou.

View the below site for more information

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm As a matter of fact,Myclient

made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at (USD$15.7M) with here inBenin Rep,

and upon the duration time of their agreement,His Bank startedcontacting

him but no

responss.

Conseqently, The Bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the

deceased as his personal attorney,or have his account confiscatedafter four

years, as it is in the law of this country. Since then, I have madeseveral

ontacts to His Countries Embassy in order to locate any of myclients

extended relatives,which had also been unsuccessful.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for overtwo years

now, Iseek your consent to esent you as the next of kin of thedeceased

since none of his relatives were no way to be found so that theproceeds of

this account valued at $15.7m could be transffered into youraccount,

thereafter,we will both share it in ercentage according toour

contributions to boost the success of this greattransaction. I haveall the

necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all the laimswe will

make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make thisgreat

benefiting transaction successfully. I guarantee that this will beexecuted

under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breachof the

law.

Please get in touch with me as fast as possible through mail:EMAIL

barristerchinasaofo@myway.com

through phone also, to enable us discuss further the progress ofthis

business.

With

best regards

CHINASA OFO

Senior advocate of

Benin(SAB).

- chinasa ofo


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