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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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From: =?Windows-1252?Q?ADJEI_=96_LARTEY_KWAKU_ADJEI_=96_LARTEY_KWAKU?=
<judicaturegh30@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barristeradeilartey@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:36:58 +0000
Subject: Barrister; Adjei Lartey Kwaku



Good day sir,

I am Barrister; Adjei Lartey Kwaku. I am currently the Director; Deposit Protection Fund department, and was born on April 11th, 1960. I am a lawyer by profession. I hold L.L.B degree from University of Ghana and a Postgraduate Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law.

I worked as a legal officer in the Legal Division up to December 1993 when I was posted to the Deposit Protection Fund department as Principal Legal Officer in charge of Legal and Liquidation Divisions. On August 2004, I was promoted to be Director, External Payment & Foreign Exchange Reserves Department.

My client, Mr. Abou Khalil, a Lebanese National, his wife and their only son died in a plane crashed into the sea off the West African nation of Benin on December 25, 2003, killing at least 90 people. You can visit the following website for more information about the plane crash:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/26/content_293549.htm

Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security company where my client lodged these funds, but unknown to the security company.

Consequently, the security company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the trunks transfer to unclaimed property office. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this boxes valued at 28.3 million dollars can be paid to you for both of us to share the money; 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be necessary legal documents that can be used to backup the claim.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I wait for the urgent confirmation on receipt of this message.

Yours faithfully,
Adjei Lartey Kwaku, Llb (Hons)
This is an authentic information from the Principle Attorney of Adjei Lartey Kwaku Firm All information contain in this forum must be kept confidential. Tel: 233-27-6117866: Address: 72 Liberty Avenue Taifa, Accra-Ghana
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