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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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Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Anthony Allan <anthony.allan16@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: anthony.allan1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:35:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT : tineke laurent-van leeuwen



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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 BARRISTER ANTHONY=
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 of the Supreme Court Of=A0=A0=A0Togo
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=A0=A0=A0=A0 No 16 Boulevard du la Ajidogome Lome Togo=20
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Dear Tineke laurent-Van Leeuwen,=20
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I am Barr. ANTHONY ALLAN, a legal practitioner, I am the personal attorney =
to M.S .Van Leeuwen, an oil consultant, who used to work with Shell Develop=
ment Company in Lome Togo.
=A0=A0=A0On the 26th December 2003, our deceased client, his wife and their=
only daugther were involved in a plane crash in a village called Adjarra n=
ear Porto Novou after take off from Cotonou in Benin Republic where they we=
nt for a Concert .=A0 It was unfortunate that our deceased customeer and hi=
s family all lost their lives in that crash.For more on the plane crash log=
on to=20

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm.=20

Since then I have made several inquiries to the embassy here to locate any =
of my clients relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.After these several u=
nsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, t=
o locate any of his remote relatives hence I contacted you. I have contacte=
d you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$10.5 million left beh=
ind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by th=
e Bank where this huge amount was deposited.
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=A0 The said Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have=
his account confiscated within the next twenty-one working days. Since I h=
ave been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years now, I seek=
your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you h=
ave the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to=
you.Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss=
the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary informa=
tion and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.
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All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this tra=
nsaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate a=
rrangements that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Best Regards
=A0=A0=A0
Anthony Allan Esq
Principal Attorney,
Lome Togo=0A=0A=0A

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