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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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From: hiranmay pal <evereager@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:18:50 +0530
Subject:





Here are few mails for your scrutiny and comments. Please reply as soon as possible

HONEY GO AHAED AND SEND YOUR INFORMATIONS TO ME.þ



From:




Blessing Dabah (blessing_dabah@yahoo.com)




Sent:
20 January 2009 00:38AM


To:
evereager@hotmail.com







HELLO HONEY,
how
are you i hope you are in the very best of health and your work i hope
everything is moving fine over there in your country thank GOD,honey i
really appreciate you for the kindness in replying my mail to you and
also bringing to my notice this maliciouse act by some of our former
inmates in the refugee camp who by chance got to know about this my
predicament who now after going out of the camp has been defrauding
innocent people out there of their hard earned money honey i want to
let you know that i am not the same and will never be the same with
them so please honey i want you to know that i am in this problem deu
to the ontimely death of my parents and my junior brother and sister
which i have every proof to back with and also i dont doubt what you
just made me know because i have been hearing about it right inside the
camp from those of them that are previleged to go out honey i want you
to know that you will still get such type of letters from the same type
of chalartans but i am only advicing you to be careful with them honey
i am real and i want you to go ahead and send your informations to me
for this your informations is just a gurranty for me as this money will
be transfered into your account and i will also use it to attach to the
letter i will send to the bank so that they will recognise you as my
foreign partner that this money will be transfered into his account
thanks honey ones again for all the concern i love you have a lovely
day i hope to hear from you soonest. Looking forward to your flooring me in the hardest possible way.my honey.

Mails from other addressee


My Dear try to contact the lawyer for the other documents.þ



From:




Vera Johnson (verajohnson22@yahoo.com)




Sent:
18 October 2008 00:49AM


To:
evereager@hotmail.com








2 attachment(s)









Dad Death...JPG (115.7 KB), The Depos...JPG (183.1 KB)










Hello Sweetie.
How are you? I am wishing you every good thing about this evening. I
guess this mail finds you well and in lovely mood. Back to my side
here, i am fine because you gives me the hope of freedom and confidence
for a better tomorrow soonest. I have heard what you said.
Understanding what the bank want from us as i have read from the mail
you received, the contents was well understood. Once again i want thank
you for your ability to stand to help me transfer the money to your
position pending my arrival to meet with you, it shows you are a
dependable and trustworthy man. I promise you this from my heart (I AM
NOT GOING TO DISAPPOINT YOU OR LET YOU DOWN) and i equally expect the
same from you. Now, regarding the requests the bank needs from us i
have with me here the Deposit Certificate of the fund and the death
certificate,(which i will send to you) I thought it's only this
documents that the bank will need from us, but since they need the
power of attorney and an affidavit of oath from the high court here in
Dakar Senegal. I
have informed the Reverend about it and he gave me the contact of this
lawyer below,he is a registered lawyer and member in (Senegalese Bar Association)
who will help in preparing the documents for us, Please i will like you
to contact him through email and phone today,when your contacting him,
tell him that you are my Foreign partner and you want him to prepare a
power of attorney in your name to enable the transfer of my (Late)
father's ACCOUNT in THE CO-OPERATIVE BANK PLC LONDON to the account in your country. His contact information are as follows,Bar (Dr) Philip Ambrose.Of: (Philip Law Chambers & Associates)Email (philiplawchambers99@yahoo.com) or ( legalpractitioners@mail2consultant.com)Office Tel/Fax: is (+221-777-304-876)
So,
i will like you to contact him for the preparation of the power of
attorney on your name, Please copy me with the same mail that you will
send to him for transparency and let me know if he agrees to help us. Darling
i am feeling for you every minute of the day , i wish to be with you
soon. I have attached for you here my late father's death certificate, Please contact our lawyer for the rest soonest. A big hug for you,From My Deepest Heart,Vera Johnson.......
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WITH LOVE AND TRUST FROM MISS VERA JOHNSONþ



From:




Vera Johnson (verajohnson22@yahoo.com)




Sent:
24 September 2008 20:53PM


To:
evereager@hotmail.com








Hello My Dearest.

It is a pleasure reading from your mail now, how are you today ?
Definitely i know that you are swimming majestically in the ocean of
good health. If so doxology, how is the weather over there ? mine is a
little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal and the worst of it is my
refugees status here it's just like one staying in the prison and i
hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon. I don't have any
relatives now whom i can go to all my relatives ran away in the middle
of the war the only person i have now is Reverend Evans Kingsley he is
the senior Reverend of Christ The King Churches here in the camp, he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in
the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men and the other for women.

The Pastors Tel number is (+221-771-712-817)
if you call and tell him that you wants to speak with miss Vera Johnson
he will send for me at the girls hostel. As a refugee here i don't have
any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it
is against the law of this country. Is my wish to go back to school
because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that
lead to my being in this situation now took place.

Please
listen to this, i have my late father's deposit certificate and death
certificate here with me which i will send to you later, because when
he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe which he used my name as the next of
kin,the amount in question is $5.600.00 Million (Five Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) So
i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from
it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and
air ticket to come over to meet with you.

So in the light of
above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to
anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets
to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information due to
the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding
people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking. I will be
delighted to hear from you in this regard, meanwhile i will like you to
call me through the provided number for further discussion because i
have a lot to tell you.

Have a nice day and think about me.
Please i am waiting to hear from you soonest
Yours
Friend
Miss Vera Johnson
With Love And Trust



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