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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: HOWGUL ABUL <6765legal.department@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:15:03 +0100
Subject: Urgent Reply


Hello ,



I need your help. My name is Mr.Howgul Abul. I am resident in Togo Republic
and a very close associate to the deceased who was a Category "A
“contractor to the government of Togo Republic before he died in June,
2008. I contacted you because I want to transfer the total sum of Twenty
eight Million four hundred thousand United States Dollars ($28.4million)
into your Bank or company account in your country.



SOURCE OF FUND: Proceed from a closed road contraction deal to the
government of Togo Republic. This amount represents the last contract the
deceased did for the government of Togo in 2007 before he died. The bank is
now ready to pay for the contract and has published a notice requesting for
next of kin to the deceased to come forward and claim the funds otherwise
the fund will be confiscated. Investigation shows that the deceased has no
recorded Next Of Kin in his contract file with the government of Togo. The
ministry of finance has published a notice to provide a Next of Kin who
will receive the payment. However, All my efforts to locate any of family
or relatives has failed. Consequently, I seek your consent to present you
as his Next-of-Kin , so that this contract payment will be paid to you.



Once the payment is made to you, both of us will share it at the ratio of
50/50. That is, Fourteen Million two hundred million United states dollars
for you and Fourteen Million two hundred million for me. If we do not claim
this money, the Government officials will retain the money and loot it away
from the treasury. I want to assure you that the transfer will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement, which will protect you from any infraction
of the law. I will provide all necessary legal documents to back up the
claim. The most important thing I need is your honest cooperation.



If you are interested in this proposal and offer, kindly indicate by
sending the following data to me for immediate submission to claim this
money. The details I need from you are:





(1) your full name.

(2) Your full address.

(3) Your age & occupation.

(4) Your private telephone.



Please contact me urgently. please reply to my private mail:
howgul.abul@gmail.com .



I understand how vague my proposal is but on indication of your interest, I
shall be more specific on the information you may require.



Best regards,

Mr.Howgul Abul

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