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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 Paul Duma" <barrpualduma@yahoo.com.sg> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barrpaulduma@e1.ru
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 14:27:47 +0100
Subject: Reg. Projced

Hello,

My name is Barr Paul Duma the family attorney to the Laboso family
currently working with branch office of Nairobi, Kenya.

It is with great appreciation that you have been directed by honorable Dr.
Joyce Laboso make contact with me as regards the provision of the details
of her intended

business relationship with you.

As you may have known, Dr. Joyce Laboso is the current deputy speaker for
the National Assembly of Kenya, a position she has been occupying
following the death of her
younger sister, late Lorna Laboso, who was the former Assistant Minister
of Home Affairs in Republic of Kenya.

As the attorney to the Laboso family, I have the mandate of Dr. Joyce
Laboso, the sister of late Lorna Laboso, to invest her inherited sum of
Ninety Eighty million,

five hundred thousand United States Dollars Zero Cent only (US$98.5 M)
with a reliable foreign partner.

It will interest you to know that this fund is currently in Spain under
the custody of a Wealth Management Financial Company. The reason being
that late Lorna Laboso

before her death, had instructed CFC STANBIC BANK in Nairobi, Kenya to
move the funds to Europe because of the uncertainty in Kenyan Economy and
Code of Conduct Bureau

for both past and present public office holders´ at the time, which
continues to this day.

The above-mentioned sum is the deposit of late Lorna Laboso who operated a
SINGLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH "P.O.D." (PAYABLE ON DEATH) DESIGNATIONS with
CFC STANBIC BANK on

the condition that the account be transferred to her sister (Joyce Laboso)
in the event of death.

When the curtain fell on Lorna Laboso on June 10, 2008, the inheritance
passes on to the nominated beneficiary, Joyce Laboso.

It is in this regard, that I write you this detail message to seek a
business relationship with you in respect on receiving and investing this
sum on the behalf of Dr.

Joyce Laboso.

We have ear-marked 10% for you as a mark of appreciation for your initial
participation to receive this fund while the sharing ratio of the profit
on Return on

Investment shall be agreeable by all parties immediately you provide us
with the necessary information on the nature and kind of viable investment
you intend to put

the funds.

It is recommended that we maintain a low profile throughout the duration
of this partnership because Laboso is a house hold name in Kenya.

Finally, if this transaction sounds satisfactory, I will recommend that
you provide a reachable contact information to include telephone and fax
(optional) numbers .

Immediately we receive this contact information, I shall forward to you
comprehensive procedures for this transaction.

Be reminded that this transaction shall be conducted under normal and
conventional procedures that will not breach any international laws as the
transaction remains

100% risk free.

Yours faithfully,

Barr Paul Duma

Barrister Senior Partner

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