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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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From: "Tagoror User" <barrgreglaw@tagoror.net> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:27:55 -0500
Subject: URGENT RESPOSE NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!

Okogun Chambers & Law Firm
12,mai bishop,lome.togo
Email:directmail_greg_law@yahoo.com

dear friend,

I am Barrister Greg Peter,a solicitor at law and the personal attorney
to Hon Badou Savi,a national of this country who used to be the former
minister of mines and natural resources in freetown–siera Loene .
Hereinafter should be referred to as my client.

I want you to be my client foreign partner to assist me in my business.
My late client was former Minister Of Mines and Natural Resource of the
Republic of Sierra Leone.

My client Died the 21st of April, 2003, my client, his wife Who was
massacred by president Tijani Kabba force in their struggle to reinstate
him back to power.

their only daughter were also involved in assasination.but
Unfortunately she survive ,hence I contacted you.

Some months ago, before his death he disclosed to me some money he had
deposited in the security Company in a neighbouring country in West
Africa.

The total amount of the money is $12.5m.US dollars all in a security
vault in the West Africa neighbouring country.

The document regarding this consignment was handed over to me by there
only surviving daughter, I carefully search and find the security
Company where I Confirmed that the consignment were deposited forsafe
Keeping in their security vault which includes some diamonds in the trunk
box.

The content were deposited as a family valuable, by Virtue of right as
the personal attorney to my late cleint, the Security Company has
accepted to release the consignment factually.

I want you to assist in repatriating these consignment into your
custody before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security
Finance Company where the money was lodged.

Because my client has declared the record with the company stating that
his foreign partner should be the authorized person to make claim on
this Consignment on my cliet only daughter behalf because of his position
in government on which he gave no name as his partner.

To this effect, I request to make the beneficiary of this consignment
in your name as my late client's foreign partner to Claim this
consignment on her behalf.

For your assistance, room is Open for negotiations. This is a risk free
transaction as my late client deposited this as a private individual.

This said Security Finance Company has given me a ultimatum to provide
the foreign partner or have my client’s trunck boxes confiscated within
the next twenty one official working days.

Based on the note and since it’s has been unsuccessful for me to locate
a reliable and trust worthy person that will be fronting on her behalf
for over 2 years now.

I am now using this opportunity to seek your consent and permission to
present you as the foreign partner to my late client (the deceased)
since you are a foreigner.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss
on the sharing ratios and modalities for the transfer.

I have all the necessary information and legal documents needed to back
you up for the claims. All I require from you is your honest
co-operation to enable us see this transaction through, I guarantee that this
will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through the above email address for more
details.

Best regards,

Barrister Greg Peter.
directmail-greg_law@yahoo.com


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