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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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From: mailbox_0@sapo.pt
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 07:10:38 +0100
Subject: I need your assistance, PLEASE REPLY SOONEST.




=09Name: Daniel O. Agbor=20
Email: =A0=A0mailbox.daniel@yahoo.com.tr[1] =A0

Dear Friend,=20

I humbly crave your indulgence in sending this mail, if the contents
does not meet with your personal and business ethics, I apologize in
advance. But it is in regards to your present status and the urgent
nature of this matter that I choose to contact you for the necessary
assistance. It is important I start by introducing myself.=20

I am Barrister Daniel O. Agbor, a Barrister and Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of=20

=09Nigeria. I was the Personal Attorney to late Engineer Christian
Eich, a national of your country, possibly could have been your
brother, who used to work as a crude oil contractor/merchant with
CHEVRON PETROLEUM COMPANY-

=09NIGERIA.=20

Sadly, Engineer Eich and his wife, their two daughters alongside his
In-laws were involved in a plane crash aboard German Concorde AF4590.
Engineer Christian Eich was flying to Newyork to join a=20

=09Caribbean cruise on a vacation; It was unfortunate that my client
and his family all lost their lives in the crash with other passenger
on their way to Newyork. Refer to the link below;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm[2] for details as
reported by BBC.=20

As his lawyer, I had been mandated to present his next of kin so that
his estates would be transferred to him/her. But for over five years
now, I have not been able to locate any of them after traveling to
his country on several occasions.=20

I got your contact in one of my search for someone that would be
sincere and trust worthy and has the ability and reliability to
prosecute this kind of deal of great magnitude worth a huge sum of
money belonging to my late client Engineer. Christian Eich deposited
in a bank account here in=20

=09Nigeria.=20
Before my Client died, He had a huge fund deposit valued at about
Nine million U.S. Dollars in his account with Eco Bank Plc. And as
his personal Attorney, I am in possession of all legal documents,
which shows the entire transaction between him and this Bank in
relation to this fund deposit.=20

Consequently, the Bank mandated me to look out for any of his
extended family relatives to stand-in as the next of kin/beneficiary
of this fund deposit. Since then I have made several enquiries to
your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended family relatives,
but to no avail.=20

Unfortunately, the bank manager called me on phone this morning to
inform me on an ultimatum of ten working days placed on me by its
Board of Directors to produce the next of Kin to my Engineer
Christian Eich or have this fund confiscated and declared
unserviceable. This is why I have contacted you to render me this
assistance in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my
late client, before it will be confiscated or declared unserviceable
by this bank.=20

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of Engineer Eich's
relatives for over six years now, and coincidentally you bear similar
name and also from same country as Late Engineer Eich, that is why I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/beneficiary of
late Engineer Christian Eich's fund deposit with this Bank for our
mutual benefit.=20

For your assistance, I will adequately compensate you with 40% of the
total sum. 50% will be for me, and 10% will be set aside to offset all
incidental expenses that might be incurred in the course of this
transaction. E.g. phone call, payment of tax if so required by your
government, etc. I must assure that this transaction is 100% risk
free as I have all necessary legal documents to back up all our
claims. I guarantee you that the entire transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law, as all documents/affidavit required by Eco Bank Plc.
before the release of the fund shall be procured legally from the
federal law court.

All I require from you is your consent, sincerity and cooperation,
and please realize that the confidentiality of this arrangement must
be maintained from now, and even after the successful completions of
this transaction, to enable us see this deal through.

If you will assist me, Please contact me via my private email box:
mailbox.daniel@yahoo.com.tr[3] or reach me on my mobile
telephone-line; +234-802-8572324 for further details. Endeavour to
include your telephone number in your reply for easy communication.

Thanks to you in anticipation. God bless!

Best regards,

Barrister Daniel Agbor.

=09=A0

Links:
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[1] mailto:mailbox.daniel@yahoo.com.tr
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
[3]
http://ca.f522.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=3Dattorney_daniel001@yahoo.com.a=
r

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