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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: "Barrister Boko Garry" <bgarrygh@freemail.hu>
Reply-To: bokogarry@ozu.es
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:12:34 +0200
Subject: Re: Reply



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From Desk of Barrister Boko Garry
65 Lapaz Road, Zuma Plaza, First Floor
Suite 9,Accra-Ghana.
E-mail: bokogarry@ozu.es

Dear Friend,

Compliments!. Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that all will be well.

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Barr. Boko Garry, a
personal attorney to Late Mrs. Cari Collins, herein referred to as my
late client. This email might come as a surprise to you, since there
was no previous correspondence between us. My purpose of contacting
you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client,
to avoid it
being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank in Ghana where
this fund valued #6,100,000.00 (Six Million One hundred thousand Euro)
was deposited by my client before her death.

The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the
account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the
Bank treasury, So far all my efforts to get hold of someone related to
her has proved abortive. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for some years now, I seek your consent to present you
as the next of kin to
the deceased.

I shall provide all the documents to back up the claim as my client's
Next of Kin. All I require is your honest,full cooperation and
commitments to enable us achieve this transaction.

I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared among
charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% would be shared equally
between us. This transaction is 100% risk free. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you
from any breach of the law.

Upon receipt of this letter, you are require to forward to me your
full details such as:

1. Your Full Names
2. Home/ mailing address
3. Phone Numbers
4. Age
5. Occupation

I have worked out the modalities for the persecution of this
transaction which had meets all necessary requirements in our country
and those of international arbitration.

PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.

Warm regards,

Barrister Boko Garry

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