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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: "Barr Thamos Malcoln" <malcolnbarrthamos@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: barrthamosmalcoln@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:29:49 +0100 (WAT)
Subject: *********YOUR CONSENT IS URGENTLY NEEDED******REPLY WITHIN 24HOURS.


From: MALCOLN THAMOS (ESQ)
MALCOLN $ ASSOSCIATES,
City Point One Ropemaker
Street London
EC2Y 9AW England.
Email:barrthamosmalcoln@yahoo.com.ph


*********YOUR CONSENT IS URGENTLY-NEEDED******

I am Barrister Malcoln Thamos, a British citizen who based in AFRICA, and
the personal

Attorney to your relation,a foreigner who used to work with AGIP PETROLEUM
OIL COMPANY/ Road

CONSTRUCTION (NAOC).On Thursday 25th of December 2003, my client,his wife
and their Child

were involved in a plane crash in Benin Republic, in West Africa.

Check the cnn website here for confirmation...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash/index.html

All occupants of the plane unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I
have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client’s
extended

relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I

decided to trace his relatives over the Internet,to locate any member of
his family but to

no avail,I contacted you,After going through your profile,I decided to
contacted you to

assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they
got confiscated or

declared unserviceable by the Bank PLC,where these huge deposits were lodged.

I am the only person who has legal right to present the next of kin of my
late client to

the bank,because I have all the legal banking documents to prove my claim
beyond reasonable

doubt and you have the same surname with my late client to prove my claim
beyond reasonable

doubt.I want you to help me as the Next Of Kin to my late Client receive
this money in your

country,because I am planning to come over to your country with my Family
to buy a house and

invest rest of the money with you. I want us to invest the money jointly
in your country as

soon as it is release by the Bank.

The Finance House where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$2.7Million Dollars

has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account
confiscated within the

next ten official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for

over one(1)month now,

NOTE: I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased,because you have the same surname with my late client,so that
the proceeds of this

account valued at US$2.7Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you
and I can share the

money; 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as
your government

may required.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make,

all I require is your honest/unalloyed co-operation to enable us see this
transaction

through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will

protect you and I from any breach of the law and I want you to receive the
Fund,which will

enable me and my family to come over to your country and buy a house to
leave and invest the

rest of the money wisely.

Please get in touch with me first by my secured and confidential
email:barrthamosmalcoln@yahoo.com.ph immediately you acknowledge the
good receipt of this

message. I will equally send my international passport and other necessary
documents to

assure you that this business is not a jamboree or Joke and will be
executed under a

legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the
law.I highly

solicit your honesty and trust concerning this issue as all my hope relay
on it for

survival.

Anticipating your prompt response.

Yours Sincerely,

Bar. Malcolm Thomas Esq
Email: barrthamosmalcoln@yahoo.com.ph









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