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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 Morgan Clark" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:24:10 -0700
Subject: Urgent Please.

Molten & Patrice Law Firm
E-mail: molton@patricelaw.com
legal@consultant.com
surportteam@molton.com
info@molton.net

Attention!

Please response to this massage is very urgent, naturally this letter will come to you as a surprise i’m Barrister Morgan Clark native of Togo a solicitor at law. I’m the personal attorney to Late ENGR.J.P.a national of your country who work as a contractor and have spent most of his life in my country ( Togo ) here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 30TH of April 2005, my client ENGR.J.P., his wife and their only son involved in a car accident along bagida express road., all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their life since then I have made several enquirers to your embassy here in Togo to locate any of ENGR.J.P.extended relatives but i could not able to contact any one.

Now i decided to track his last name over the Internet and search if i can locate any member of his family or anyone having same name from your country, On the process of my searching i got your contact on the net.

i know you are not a family member or a relative of ENGR.J.P.but I have no option rather to contact you since i could not contact any of his direct relative. What I need from you now is to stand as a relative to ENGR.J.P.and assist in recovering the assets and capital valued of US$9.6million deposited in the Finance/house by my late client ENGR.J.P. Before his death, because the finance/house has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next twenty official working days fail to do so the fund will be declared as unclaimed fund (U.F). Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for more than 4 years in this stage i seek the consent to present you as the Next of kin to the ENGR.J.P.since you have the same last names so that this said fund will be released to you as wished.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claiming this fund as the Next of kin to late ENGR.J.P.
All i require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. i guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Bellow is my contact Details:
House Address: 65E Victoria Rd Lome 3BP- Togo.
Full Name: Barrister Morgan Clark.
Nationality: Togo
Tel: +228 9867891.
Fax: +228 9867891.

Do reply me through my privet office E-mail: ppconsultant@live.com for immediate respond.

I will need this information’s from you below to enable me prepare an application letter of claim and forward to the bank on your behalf and send the copy to you, that will commence officially and legally your inheritance claim, Note on your immediate response I will forward to you all legal information’s and the death certificate which you will use in contacting the bank on this claim as the legal next of kin to your deceased uncle that deposited this fund before his death.

FIRST NAME.............................
LAST NAME..............................
DRIVING LIENCES OR ANY ID PROOF……………
DATE OF BIRTH..........................
PLACE OF BIRTH.........................
NATIONALITY............................
ADDRESS................................
OCCUPATION.............................
BENEFICIARY'S NAME.....................
SEX....................................
FAX NUMBER...........................
PHONE..................................
PRIVATE EMAIL..........................

Upon the receipt of this information’s I will immediately prepare the application letter on your behalf which you will forward to the bank for this claim to commence officially and legally. Please send me all this information via to my office E-mail: ppconsultant@live.com for easy communication.

Waiting for your reply.

Best Regards,
Barrister Morgan Clark.
Call +228 9867891.

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