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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: Dogulas James Esq <dogulasjesq@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Details, study carefully and call me Mr. Amarjit Singh


Dear Amarjit Singh,

Thank you for your e-mail and understanding! This further re-assure my confidence in your ability to stand firmly as expected towards achieving this beneficial objectivity of mine. I must first have to apologies for the late reply it was as a result of the fact that i was nominated to Represent our committee of Ecowas Attoneys in Benin Republic and the meeting was over yesterday hence i returned and reading your email today.

I have seen your e-mail and maturity enclose within have been noted... But be assured fully that this inheritance claim and its legal procedural steps/activities does not in any way stand against the law because all the relevant vital information and back up documents it requires are secured from the probate divisions of ministries involved here in our ECOWAS ministry of justice, and if it does stand against the law, i will not be a party to it as you can understand that my sworn aoth of services as a legal practitioner is against ilegitmacy. Believe me, this is a golden opportunity brought to your door step. I really understood your intentions and i have commence work on this inheritance claim in a solid file mitigations for onwards procurations of the relevant documentations from to probate divisions of ministry involved in inheritance fund claim procedural documents procurations as established within the government of West African Communities as to present you to the
bank as a bonafide recognized next of kin to my late client in truth and total honesty.

As per your keen interest, this noble claim does not matter if you are the real family relative of the deceased or not hence you considers it a deal, i will perfectly undergo a solid file arrangement by attaching your information as you will forward to me to the deceased file jacket here in my office involving all legal and official requirements proving you as the real beneficiary next of kin to the deceased.... Do not worry i will handle all my self to ensure a secured claim and sucessful transfer of the proceeds of the deceased account to your offshore account within three days of swift transfer shortly after all the claim procedural documentations are equiped by the bank for an effective transfer of the inheritance fund to you.

My dear note worthy that business of this magnitude requires honesty and sincerity from the both side. Therefore, Inorder to endeavour us to proceed without wasting much time, urgently forward across to me the following informations of yours as to enable me arrange this informations in my office file jacket and proceed to approve you before the bank as my desease trusted legal assigned beneficiary next of kin:

1.YOUR FULL NAME AS IT APPEAR IN YOUR PASSPORT
2.ADDRESSES INCLUDING YOUR PHONES AND FAX LINES
3.MARITAL STATUS
4.AGE
5.OCUPATION

As I explained to you, all that I required from you is your sincerity and trust to always abide on my specific instructions to enable us accomplish this transaction successfully as expected, because with the trust and respect that my deceased client bank has for me as a reputable lawyer of this community, together with my client documents and back up information that this claim will demand officially secured here with me as it is on his bank Customers file jacket, we shall inherit the funds left behind by my client successfully without any trace or disturbance. We are already successors of this inheritance fund if you will always abide to my specific instructions and directives.


As proper and authentic identifications is needed from both of us to know each other very well before we can proceed to sucessfully execute this great project without any mistake, and as well to prove the genuine nature of this claim, i am hereby to confirm as it may interest you, my legal position as a registered attorney and family lawer of the deceased with reputable evidence of my position as an accredited resident commercial attorney within the West African community....., you can confirm my legal identification number and my chambers name here in our chambers and commerce unit with my ref/D-J/96538ESQ/TG/70... License # 1325670

Following this is my mailing address:

D-JAMES CHAMBERS-Togolaise national, Solitors and Advocates of Supreme High Court of Justice, Accredited Resident commercial attorney since 1970, Senior counsel D-James Chambers Lome-Togo, Address 35 rue du Abatame Lome Togo, Tell: +228 9386421, Fax: +228 225 33 21, E-mail: official and secured email: enquiries.dog-jameschambers@cooperationtogo.net

As it will be your need to demand for more information and proof to be recognized by the bank as the original assigned beneficiary next of kin of the deceased, you do not have to worry because i will personaly proceed to the bank with my file jacket here in my office to approve you before the bank as the only recognized and trusted beneficiary next of kin to my deceased client. Moreover, My late client Mr. Hamed Abdel Wahab Ahmed was an enginner by profession and he executed contract with Shell Oil Development Company S.A.R.L in Lome Togo. Secondly he also owned and operated company jointly in Lome Republic of Togo and Accra Ghana by the name of Texaco Petroleum and Gas Services Ltd. in Togo/Ghana West Africa. He died along side with his immediate next of kin on Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31,1999. His residential address here was - 251 Adidogome Lome Togo, West Africa. Lastly he was 58yrs old during the period of his death.

Since his death along with his immediate next of kin, the government claimed his properties as unclaimed properties during our country 2000 major streets renovations, because no solving claim was coming for that.... and lying in his bank account as indicated with his file jacket in my position as his family Lawyer is the said amount of $12,5MillionUSD unclaimed, which we need to claim as soon as posible before this account will be discovered and paid to the government as an unclaim bills.

However in view of all the expenditure that i have undertaking this past years in my effort to locate the family and relatives of the deceased, have been much as such it have brought me to an arrangement of entitlement of 60% of the total proceed while 40% will be for you and i strongly hope that you will object to this demand,because in total honesty i have safeguarded this account information from embelzement by the bank official who have already concluded all arrangement to return this money to the government treasury as unclaimed bills of which the bank management will be gratify for this sole effort....

Dear i really understand your needs for more informations, but you do not have to butter because i will have to from my side approve you before the bank and instruct them with the virtue of my office position and high level of respect to immediately release unto you for an immediate transfer the due inheritance fund of $12.5USDMillion to your designated bank account even when you are really a member of my deceased client family or not, therefore you do not have to entertain any fear at all and get back to me immediately with the required infos to enable me arrange your infos as required in my office file and proceed to the bank for the approval of this inheritance fund to your favour while i will make arrangement of coming over to your country as soon as this inheritance fund hits your account for a proper sharing as agreed upon. OR you will immediately upon the receipt of this inheritance fund in your account wire transfer my portion of the fund. Do not worry as i will
from my end execute all the required arrangement and modalities to ensure that this inheritance fund enters your account within the anticipated 6 working days.

Furthermore note that your cooperation and action to act as my deceased client beneficiary next of kin on this claim will be totally legal. because first you will have to approach the bank with an Application of cliam as the next of kin to their deceased customer,this I will forward to you an application form which you will send to the bank. Further upon reciept of your application of claim by the bank boards , they shall call my chambers inorder to scrutinisely verify if you are really my deceased client next of kin or not ?. I will assure them of this by providing to them some of your informations (this you have to forward to me as requested above pls to avoid any mistake when the time comes).

This noble transaction will be concluded within 6 days from the date of your application to the bank base on your ability to follow up my specific instructions as the originator of this claim, and with my client informations and documents here in my position to back up this claim together with the trust that his bank built on me,.... the fund is already ours, because his bank will surely act on my instructions with regards to the release of the inheritiance fund unto you for an immediate and swift transfer to your mominated bank account, ... prefferably a new and empty account set up for this purpose over there in your country as you will detail to the bank, there by making this noble claim bank to bank transaction which you will see things your self.

Following this is your assurance regarding your honest ability of partnership with me to enhance sucessful accomplishment of this noble transaction by answering the below questions:

1. Can you with trust and sincerity handle this project till its accomplishment?.

2. Can you honestly serve as a sincere guardian to this fund when it enters your account before my arrival to your country for a proper sharing of the fund as will be attested and agreed by both of us as we will proceed !?.

Immediately upon reciept of the above mention informations from you and as well a trusted answers to the above questions, I shall forward to you the Application form which you shall send to the bank via their fax line OR Online e-mail for confidentiality as the next of kin to my deceased client, while i will proceed from here to secure all the required informations and documentations to enable the bank immediately remit this said amount to your account over there without further delay.

So please ensure that all is set within reasonable time frame to enable us commence and conclude within a stipulated 6 working days.

I await your urgent responce and compliance to all this directives.

Call me for anymore clearification of proceedings on my private number +2289386421.

Regards.

D-James Chambers,
Togolaise national, Solitors and Advocates of Supreme High Court of Justice, Accredited Resident commercial attorney since 1970,
Senior counsel D-James Chambers,
No. 54 rue du serminer tokoin Lome Republic of Togo.
Tel:+228 938 64 21
Email: info.djchambers@cooperationtogo.net


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