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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: "KARIM ZONGO" <karimzongo_449@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: goodluckzongok@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:44:11 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

Faithful friend,

Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business
partner, I got your contact from internet and I ask if you can be trusted
not to break an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to
contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life
depends on.

My name is Master Karim Zongo EGO, the son of Mr. Behki EGO of blessed
memory from Zimbabwe. During the crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe
from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned
farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers
to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers. My father
is One of the most successful multy farmers in our country and because he
did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded his farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot of items
in my fathers farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited the sum of (USD $5.5 MILLION) as
fix deposit in a finance house in GHANA. After his death, I decided to move
to Republic of SENEGAL where i re-located under political asylum as a
refugee to seek for foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to move
this money out of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE to your country as i have made up
my mind to invest and live in your country.

As an asylum seeker i am not allowed to operate any Bank Account. Based on
this condition, I have agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum for your
assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account while 5% will be
mapped out for any expences that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction both local and international. No matter how little or big of
any expenses you may encounter along the line, another 5% of the total
amount will be given to you for compersation. This will make your total
percentage to 20%. My present condition is nothing to write home about but I
believe in the creator Almighty.

I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please
treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out
come of
it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax
numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent
communication. Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely
confidential.

Thanks and God bless you.
Sincerely Yours,
Karim Zongo EGO.

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