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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: OSAH MILLS LAW CHAMBERS <osahmillslawchamber@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Expecting your Mail


Attn Mr Derik Bohmler,

This is to confirm the receipt of your letter dated 13th August 2007 and an instructional letter from. Mrs. Ruka Abdul wife of my late client Malam Abdul Hasan from Libya, advising me that you will contact me with regards to her late husband's deposited fund with a security company, As a matter of fact Mrs. Ruka Abdul has been my client since the death of her husband, in-fact if she has accepted that you should represent her family in act of clearing her late husband's deposited consignments in the security company which she is the Next of Kin, there is no problem with that, but I have to be very sure that she is comfortable with that before I will proceed with you, as you can see I was the witness to the deposit from my late client's side on the August 1999 and I would not want to make any fruitless effort as a busy lawyer who is always in courts.

As you have already known. Mrs.Ruka Abdul is very sick at this moment and I have to make sure I know you properly before I can take the step of transferring the assets to your name to enable the security company approve the release and clearing of the consignments to your favour. Be informed that the intentions of My late client was that he would opened an orphanage house and use part of the deposited money to help the needy and less privileges, if the objective will not be met then there is no need for our communications .

But if you will be able to follow up that intention and vision then I will be readily available to work with you to see to it that we clear the consignments in order to actualize the dream of my late client, May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace, amen. I had discussed with madam for many times as regards to the utilization of the deposited fund and she said that we should look for an orphanage houses to help with the money but before any one will have access to the deposited consignments {fund} the Law court of justice here in Ghana will have to issue a certificate of trustee and certificate of transfer/change of ownership to enable the security company be able to approve the release of the consignments, but there was a provision that in case of death on the side of the depositor his trustee or next of kin will be allowed to clear the consignments with the presentation of certified legal documents from the court of justice authorizing the release of the consignments
to such a person.

Your seriousness and instruction from Mrs. Ruka Abdul will put me through to what has to be done to change the ownership of the consignments, without changing the ownership of the consignments the security company will not clear it to any body as they will have no legal right to do such. Therefore I will like to reconfirm again from Mrs. Ruka Abdul so that I will be very sure of what I am doing, on this note, I will hereby plead with you to give me few Hours to make my findings so that I can comprehensively update you on the necessary things to do in-order to get notarized documents from the court of justice thereby giving you the legal right to claim and clear the deposited consignments on behalf of Ruka Abdul's family.

Meanwhile I will forward this mail to Mrs. Ruka Abdul too so that she will be posted to whatever thing I may be doing to transfer the ownership of the consignment to your favor, Understand that I will only act on instructions from the woman, forgive me if I sounded too harsh but the sure thing is that I must protect the interest of my late client's family at all time .I will be waiting for your personal information like your international passport or any other national id card that will have your picture, your phone and fax number, your address, your age, your kind of business, these information will enable me be sure that you will not make away with the money when you clears it, I will thereafter everything is confirmed okay, proceed to the supreme court for the securing of the legal certification documents which are the most important thing for now.

If all things go well then I will give you all legal support and backings to clear the consignments, in the mean time I will advise you to call me on mobile no +233 243814636 so that we can discuss apparently on this matter and also to hear the voice of whom we are entrusting this kind of project to. Be informed that I will arrange your visa as soon as we finish all the formalities ok.

Yours in-service.
Barrister Nii Osah Mills
Osah Mills Law Chambers
324/4 brewery Road, Adabraka,
Accra Ghana


Derik Bohmler <derik.bohmler@mozartmail.info> wrote:
Dear Sir,

Please excuse me but I only learned English in a remote provincial college and it is not so very good.

To be direct I am a little confused because I have been requested to get in touch with several email addresses regarding a very private and urgent issue. Can you please read the enclosed email and inform me whether I am at last in touch with the right party to help me? I am just a little unconfident.

Mr Derik Bohmler

--- Forwarded email ---
Dear Derik Bohmler

I thank you so much for your acceptance to carryout this project for the =
sake of humanity and for God .Like i said in my previous mail to you it i=
s been long i wanted to do this but nobody to encourage me but with you i=
belief that everything is going to be well.Regarding your reservations a=
bout any evidence or proof of what I'm saying I'd like to inform you tha=
t i am in possesion of the Death Certificate of my Husband and the certif=
icate of deposit that was handed to him the day he deposited the funds in=
cluding the receipt of Payment. The only thing i am promising you is that=
you will never regret handling this project as i will make sure that you=
are rewarded abundantly.Everything about this project is real and fair a=
nd i would like you to approach this project with all manner of seriousne=
ss.

Therefore i will advise you to contact late husband's lawyer who was a wi=
tnessed and signed some necessary documents when the fund was deposited s=
o that we will direct and guild you accordingly.Please when contacting th=
e lawyer Tell him that i directed you to contact him in respect of my lat=
e husband s fund that he witnessed when it was deposited he will tell =
you more about it also guide you accordingly though I emailed him abou=
t you so that he will be aware of you.

Therefore my dearest find below his contacts information and contact him=
and get back to me when writing to the lawyer try to send him your priv=
ate telephone and fax numbers as well as your full name for easy communic=
ation.
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Thanks as I look forward to hearing from you.
God bless you.
Mrs. Ruka .


Tha lawyer contacts are below;

Name OF ORGANIZATION : OSAH MILLS LAW CHAMBERS
PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY: BARR. NII OSAH MILLS
ADDRESS: D124/4 BREWERY ROAD ADABRAKA
ACCRA GHANA
PHONE 233-21 411776 FAX 233 21 411788
DL 233 243 814 636
EMAIL: osahmillslawchamber@yahoo.com

Thanks as i await to hear from you.
Mrs Abdul



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