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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 by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: KOJO ATTIPOE <info_togo3@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: info_togo1@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:30:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Private for you................


FROM : KOJO ATTIPOE
MISSIONARY QUARTERS
12.RUE DE L'EGLISE LOME, TOGO

My Dear,

With regard to your reputation and co-worshipper of God who will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you. I am Kojo. Attipoe the only son of Mr. Attipoe from Republic of Togo in desire to get somebody who will safe guard my interest, that of my junior sister (Victoria) and this money. I went to a co-worshipper who works with lome Chamber of Commerce and Industries, he personally directed me to contact you in your position.

Briefly, our father Mr Attipoe was Minister for Youth and the Sports who based in Lome Togo and had a branch office in Accra Ghana. My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in many countries in Europe, America and Asian countries. According to my father, my own mother died when I was about six years of age which means that I did not even know my mother very well.

The story is that my father Mr. Attipoe was victims of the Air crash landing of June 3, 2007 in Léone Sierra, and he died in a private hospital here in lome. But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick bed and told us that hedeposited the sum of Ten Million five hundred thousand United State Dollars (US$10.5M) in asuspense account in BIA(BANK)one of the prime bank here in LOME TOGO.

This money was kept for us in my name, his only son. Right now I am a first year student of business management in one of the University here.
My only problem now is that since my father was victims of the Air crash landing , I don't even trust any other person here again including my father's brothers and sisters.
Please you can view the website:
http://togoforum.com/

http://togoforum.com/Ap/ap2007/0609072.htm

Right now, I want you to help us in the following ways:

1)I want you to provide a personal / company 's bank account where this amount here (US$10.5M) can be transferred.

2)You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal guardian until I finished my studies.

3)You are going to procure admissions for us to continue our studies in one of the known university in your country.

4)That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to togo here so that me and you can see each other and we can then do the transfer at the same time and I will go back with you to your country.

5) You are going to receive 35% of the total sum for providing a bank account for this transfer.

I appreciate if you consider our condition and help us,and we will be willing to proceed with you as soon as we receive your response. this is a house of a sister who saw our condition and decided to house us for a while.

THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR LATE FATHER'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS .

Waiting for your immediate response.
Thanks for your understanding
Kojo Attipoe.


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