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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: Mr Desmond Agossou <treasurerbtd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:38:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I wish you Properity this new year


Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Name is Mr Desmond Agossou,am working with Bank Togoliase Development
(BTD Bank) Iam the Treasurer Manager Director and after our annual audit of last year 2007 , I findout amount of SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS($7.250,000 usd ) as the extra profit, which our Bank Board of Directors were not aware and will never be aware of it.

I have programed and suspend this fund in Non resident account without beneficary and the condition is that this amount will be transfer to the foreign owner abroad due to my position in the Bank and i will not be able to connect with this fund as the owner.

Am contacting you to urgently reply me with your address details/account information to enable the fund to be transfer to your account without delay and i will like to invest in your country .

We will discussed the sharing ratio as soon as you reply to assist me.

Thanks and May God be with you.
Mr Desmond Agossou
Treasurer Manager of BTD.
Email:mrdesmond228@yahoo.com
Wish you properity New Year.




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