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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: "JONO SONO" <jonosono14@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:30:11 +0200
Subject: RE:{Spam?} RE:{Spam?} RE:{Spam?} RE:{Spam?} FUND

Dear: Mr. Altmann Klien,

Thanks for your mail received and understood.

To me nothing in all our correspondence will ever cause doubt and making you
dubious as you seems to be suggesting. I have examining all our
correspondence and see all the contents real.

Like I said before you are taking the matter so far and as soon as you stop
taking this matter so far we will immediately go to the next step and it
will give you a better picture of the project.

For your information I am 100% real, never in my life have I caused doubt in
anybodys life, I will never involved myself in anything dubious.

I advise you to please put aside about who supplied me with your contact
information to enable us move ahead for success.

If there is anybody who supplied me with your contact information to me it
shows you are a good person for recommendation. But to the best of my
knowledge I got your contact information on my own of which I told you.

To me you need not to worry yourself as of this moment regarding payment,
this supposed not to trouble you by now as I have never mentioned anything
regarding payment. All that I have so far asked from you is your details.

For your information nothing will ever stop us from taking this project to a
successful end. I will go to the end of the earth and I will leave no stone
unturned for the project I promise.

My advise is that let all your thinking as of this moment be how and when
will the fund get to your account and the kind of investment we will go into
as soon as the fund gets to your account. This are the kind of thinking I
want from you.

As far as am concern I will never let you down.

I advise you to think positively regarding the project for negativity
joepardizese a project.

Give me all I ask from you and look forward to see the way I act. Any
project I take must surely come to a successful end.

I look forward to the next step.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Jono Sono.















>I am sorry but I have been examining our correspondence and something is
>causing doubts and making me dubious. I have to ask, who supplied you my
>contact information? Not long ago, I met a personable old lady from South
>Africa. Do you know this very same person? It might be that you got my mail
>address that way. It is vital for me to understand this.
>
>Please understand it would be a huge problematic issue if there are
>possible payments that are will be demanded from me. I really do not have
>any money.
>
>Please do not let me down. I will await your reply.
>
>best regards,
>
>Altmann
>
>Note that I endeavored to call the phone number supplied but it does not
>work. Sorry.
>
>Every Legend Has Its Dark Side. http://www.ppmusic.com/music/comp16.htm

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