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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: j.attipoe@live.fr
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:14:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED A RESPONSE FROM YOU ASAP


Dear Friend,=20

=A0
My name is Miss. Jessica Aneh Attipoe. I am 22 years and a citizen of Repub=
lic of Togo. I am the only daughter of my late parents, Mr. Richard Attipoe=
(Former Minister of Sports in Togo) who died after helicopter crash at Fre=
etown International airport on June 3rd, 2007. This website below carried t=
he news about my father's death and more information about him. http://www.=
republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=3D5&s=3D51&d=3D3&i=3D685 . My mother died =
two years ago before my father died on June 3rd, 2007.=20
=A0
=A0

I firstly need to tell you too also that my father brothers who works for P=
aramount Airlines which helicopter had the crash also has a hand in his dea=
th though with no proof i cannot do anything. My father's brothers have sto=
pped my school this year just because I am a woman. My father's family has =
seized all my father's assets just because he has no son. Here in LOME, REP=
UBLIC OF TOGO, if a man dies without a son, it doesn't matter how many daug=
hters he has, my fathers family members are always in trouble even now that=
his wife is alive. I ran to the Northern part of the country when I sensed=
that they have known that I have the deposition receipt of $4, 700,000 Fou=
r Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States dollars belonging to my late=
father which he deposited in a bank in Ghana. In the deposit certificate, =
my name appeared as the next of kin. Their pressure was too much for me to =
bear and if I do not run away from them they will kill me and take
away the certificate.=20
=A0
=A0
Based on my father's advice, when he was alive concerning his brothers, I a=
m afraid of everyone here including all our family people. To them, I have =
no right even to know what is going on in my father's house. It is a painfu=
l situation for me. I need your help to transfer this money to your account=
and get out of here as quickly as possible, through the coordination of my=
late father's personal attorney who is in position of the certificate of t=
he deposit now. You can reach my Father's lawyer on his direct telephone nu=
mber :+2280469815 for further details about this deposit of ($4,700,000.00)=
Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States dollars only he deposite=
d in a bank in Accra,Ghana here in West Africa. May God bless and protect y=
ou as you help an orphan child like me in JESUS NAME AMEN.=20
=A0

=A0
Yours sincerely,=20
Miss. Jessica Aneh Attipoe.
=A0
Please send your reply to this E-mail only: j.attipoe@live.fr=0A=0A=0A =

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