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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "james koko" <barrjames_koko220@gawab.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:12:08 GMT
Subject: YES IT IS LEGAL

Dear Amarjtt VICTIMNAME  ,
 
Thank you for your prompt response to my emailed messages,
 
Happy to recieve your reply and thanks for your kind response.Well i am introducing myself to you againas(I am Barrister JAMES KOKO a solicitor at law and the owner of (ROYAL CHAMBER 14,RUE DE JANVIE BP 10556 LOME TOGO WEST AFRICA,West Africa.Tel.+228-9166855,I am the personal Attorney to the deceased(Mr P.B SINGH  )the main owner of this funds that lies in the African Development Bank custody for years now and almost ready to be confiscated,if i did provide the next of kin to this fund because the Bank issued me notice to provide under 21 working days,So that is why i need your attention mostly because this will only last only 7 working days with my connection and contacts in the country,If able you will follow my directives as his personal solicitor and who know the secret of this my deceased client,I really appreciate your kind understanding and I consider it expedient to give you the details of this transaction.
 
This transaction is legitimate and in essence it will undergo normal procedures as stipulated in the financial and allied matters act and all legal documents will be issued in your name.I contacted you because you share the same last name with Mr P.B SINGH (blessed memory)and so you can lay claims to this huge amount he left behind as his next of kin.
 
I will come over to your country for disbursement of the fund.You see after I got all the information and done the underground work for the success of this transaction it downed on me that I needed a foreign partner to help claim these funds. I need someone who is intelligent and brilliant.Someone who will be very helpful even after the funds are transfered in managing the funds and later investment purposes,someone whom I could trust and who will not have the intension of cheating me after we must have concluded this project at least for the sake of our families.
 
That is why I contacted you in this great business.Late Mr.Paul.Braine SINGH  was born in 1944.He formed and operated a private construction company here Named(P.BSINGH d HOLDINGS SARL).He operated an account with African Development Bank Lome-Togo until his death.He had a wife named Ann and a daughter named Nancy who died alongside with him in an Plane crash on the On the 26th December 2003.
 
The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within 21 working days or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned property because of this the bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.
I know that you will be surprised on why and how i contacted you,yes i know that you are not a relation to Mr Paul SINGH , But why i contacted you was based on the kind of presure mounted on me by the bank to provide the next of kin or relatives to my deceased clients and i have made several trails and attempt to locate his family menbers but all was in vain before i decieded to contact you Based on the fact that you have the same last name with my client and that qulifies you to be presented for this claim hence you are ready to work with me.
 
So i want you to join me in this mutual benefit because i can not stay to see the bank confisicating this funds and share it amonge themselves that is why i want you and i to have this money for ourselves and bringing out 10% of it for the motherless and homeless just to justify my own consence,Because the establishement of the next of kin will be approved and be taken care of by me since this has to be satified by my office.Only what you have to do is to listen to my advise and instruction for us to achieve this great goal without any hitch of what so ever Ok.
 
At the conclusion of this transaction you will earn 40% of the total sum for your assistance as I said ealier in my first letter to you while 5% will be maped out to take care of any expenses that we might incure in the course of making this transaction a success.This transaction is 100% legitimate and risk free in essence that it will undergo normal banking and legal procedures as stipulated in our allied and banking matter decree.
 
You must understand that in the banking Industry,chances or opportunities like this are common but not heard.People put their monies in the bank and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated by them alone,therefore, when such people die what do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for their claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues good "free" monies are made within and amongst the officials.I did not mastermind my client's death and I did not operate or manage his account but i was his personal attorney so was privy to his transaction with the bank.
 
I have in my possession some vital and valuable information that the bank will be demanding which are the requirements for the claim.Please I have fully put everything in place and since this is an opportunity for me as long as I am not hurting who should not be hurt period.I can only tell you that it is just destiny that brought us together.As soon as you state your position and williness to help and be part of this transaction,I will thereafter send the Payment Application Form to you for completion and submission to the bank,this will automatically signal the commencement of the Transaction as all other procedures will be forwarded to you as well.
 
Nevertheless,with the love, believe and trust I have in you I will not like to be disapointed when the fund will be transfered in your account. I will also use this oppotunity to explain and tell you that you need to comply with the authorised department in order to get the best result. Frankly there must be expensis from your side in order to get the necessary documents to back up this claim and to make it a success.
 
Please I am waiting for your positive response in order to send you the Application form As soon as you indicate your interest to work with me, I will send the relevant information to you as soon as the bank request for the claim.Please note that this transaction requires utmost trust,sincerity and confidentiality for its conclusion.
 
i advise you to get back to me immediately with your contact informations so that i can forward to you the text of application which you will fill and send to the bank leting them to be aware that you have come for the claim also your photograph for my records becuase this will be a great relation which we made for our selves ok
 
CALL ME IMMEDIATLY YOU READ THIS MAIL ON +228 9166 855 SO THAT I WILL ADVICE YOU VERY WELL ON HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS. AND YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS IS IMPORTANTLY NEEDED IN YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL.
 
Barrister JAMES KOKO.(ESQ),
LEGAL ATTORNEY & SOLICITOR
ROYAL CHAMBER 14,
RUE DE JANVIE BP 10556
LOME TOGO WEST AFRICA
+228 9166 855
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