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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: Barrister Philip Dialo <philipdialo1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: dialophilipchambers@myway.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:33:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Urgent reply needed


OFFICE OF BARRISTER PHILIP DIALO; OF DIALO LEGAL CHAMBERS AND ASSOCIATES LOME-TOGO.

Hello! First of all I will not be able to begin this message without requesting your confidence, your availability, and your discretion. All because it is a classified case secret signal and of an extreme urgency; reason for which I contacted you via electronic mail. Knowing that it is a business which with the eyes of no matter who will attract concerns and much fear; I thus assure you that all will be well, you will not run into any danger during and after the end of the operation.

PRESENTATION:
I am barrister Philip Dialo a solicitor and personal attorney to late American physicist Dr Patrick Brumley.

My PROPOSAL:
An American nationality, the late physicist Dr. George Brumley Jr, 68 years old, exporter of oil and contractor with the Togo and Libyan government who died in an air crash that landed in KENYA on Saturday 19 July 2003 with all his family not leaving behind him anybody to claim his inheritance. The deceased having an account value of 17 Million dollars USD (Seventeen million dollars USD) with INTNERNATIONAL BANKOF TOGO IBA).

The bank seeks a member of his family to be presented in the form of a heir who can provide the evidence necessary; however multiple efforts were made by IBA to find members of his family which proved impossible; then for reasons thus I was contacted by the bank with a twenty seven days mandate to provide my late client’s next of kin otherwise the funds will be confiscated. I write to seek your help in repatriating the funds. I decided to solicit to present you as a next of kin to the deceased; opportunity of course which will be supported and directed by me, more so because I have full support of the executives of the bank. we know how to proceed to enter in possession of this sum and all vital documents to prove you the next of kin shall be worked out.

All the documents and evidence necessary that the bank will require from you of course will be provided to you, which will allow that the transfer Of the sum 17 million USD dollars be made into the foreign account which you will provide. Once again I reassure you that this transaction is absolutely free from risk. As long as you act and work according direction of discretion, every arrangement will occur successfully without problem.

As soon as you respond positively, of course agreement on how the sharing will be done after the transfer of this sum in your bank account will be discussed: However 5% will be put side to refund the expenditure which we may incur that is you and me during the transaction. If you have accepted this proposal, kindly get back to me and send your telephone number and fax and much details will be given to you on how the transaction will work out. For full information on the tragedy history of late Dr. George Brumley, please consult the following Web site: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Best Regards,
Barr. Philip Dialo ESQ.
Tel:+2289139395.
Email: dialophilipchambers@yahoo.co.uk




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