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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: "Dominique Bongo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fdrlrsrv@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:13:20 +0100
Subject: Attention Dearest

Attention Dearest
Dear,my name is Dominique Bongo i am 22yrs old, i am the son of the late president El Hadj Omar Bongo. My mum is the second wife of my late father and her name is Edith Lucie Sassou-Nguesso but she has been dead before my late father died.shortly after mother death, my dad died in a clinic in the Spanish city of Barcelona, He died at the Quiron clinic Hospital on Monday 8 June 2009 Time 18.17.
You Can Read Articles about my late father the president in the websites below;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8088399.stm
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/06/2009681622495113 07.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/africa/09bongo.html
http://www.businesstimes.co.tz/index.php?option=com_content&v iew=article&id=242:omar-bongo-death-of-africas-longest-serving-leader&am
p;catid=44:sadc-and-world-features&Itemid=72
You Can Also WAtch Video Of My father's Funeral Below;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0djkfKc0JjA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbfyhZ8eO1A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJjd7IFAi8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLtI2EBI5Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVPA_IeITPQ
Before the death of my late father he secretly called me by his hospital bed side because i am the only son of my late mother and i am my late father's favourite and my late father told me that he deposited the sum $40M USD (Fouty Million United States Dollars Only) for me somewhere on the 12th of May 2008.
As it is now,i do not want my Older brother ,Ali Ben Bongo that is the Defence Minister in Gabon Governement to know about the sum $40M USD (Fouty Million United States Dollars Only)  because my father warned me to keep the the $40M USD (Fouty Million United States Dollars Only)   secret for myself and look for a foreign investor who will take care of me and help me invest the money and so that i can further my education.
This is the reason why i have contacted you to help me keep the $40M USD (Fouty Million United States Dollars Only)  save and secure.I will reward you with 10% of the total sum $40M USD (Fouty Million United States Dollars Only) so that you will help me keep the $40M USD (Fouty Million United States Dollars Only)  save and secure so that i can move over to your country and continue my education and live my life all over again
Reply me quickly
Faithfully,
Dominique Bongo

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