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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: "li mo" <l33mozembe@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:51:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DAER FRIEND,


PLEASE DEAR KINDLY REPLY ME THROUGH THIS MY PRIVETE EMAIL: L33MOZEMBE@HOTMAIL.COM

DAER FRIEND,

GOOD DAY TO YOU, I AM MISS. LILLY MOZEMBE A NATIONALITY OF DEMOCRATIC REPULIC OF CONGO DR. I CONTACTED YOU TODAY CONCERNING MY PRESENT SITUATION WITH MY FAMILY HERE IN TOGO LOME WEST AFRICA.

I AM THE WIFE OF LATE MR.JOHNSON SALIFU MOZEMBE. MY HUSBAND IS A DEFENDS MINISTER OF DEMOCRATIC REPULIC OF CONGO DR AND ALSO A BUSINESS MAN IN OTHER FIELDS.

IN THE YEAR 2002 HE WAS KILLED BY HIS ENEMY WITH OUR FIST SON FRANK IN MY HUSBAND OFFICE IN CONGO.

I AM CURRENTLY IN THE FRENCH COUNTRY (TOGO WESTERN AFRICA LOME) IN REFUGEE CAMP WITH MY CHILDREN. WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS ALIVE HE INDICATED TO ME OF HIS DEPOSITED DOLLERS OF FIFTEN MILLION US DOLLERS WITH GHANA TRIDENT SECURITY COMPANY LIMITED, THIS MONEY IS IN BIG 2 METAL TRUNK BOXES LIKE TREASURE OF THE FAMILY.

I CONTACTED YOU TO HELP ME TO RETRIEVE THE 2METAL TRUNK BOXES OUT OF TRIDENT SECURITY COMPANY LIMITED, AND TO HELP ME INVEST THE FUND IN YOUR COUNTRY UNDER YOUR CARE, BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANY BODY TO HELP ME INVEST THESE FUNDS.

SINCE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND BROTHERS DIED DURING THE WAR IN OUR COUNTRY CONGO. I CONTACTED YOU FOR THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF RETRIEVING THE CONSIGNMENT BOXES FROM THE GHANA TRIDENT SECURITY COMPANY LIMITED AND MOVE IT TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT SO THAT I CAN COME UP THERE AND LIVE WITH MY FAMILY.

I HAVE WORK OUT 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, 10% ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES WE MAY DO WHEN RETRIVING THE CONSIGNMENT BOXES FROM SECURITY COMPANY,THEN 70% IS WHAT MY FAMILY AND I WILL INVEST WITH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY IN YOUR CARE. PRESENTLY I AM IN WESTERN AFRICA LOME TOGO WITH MY FAMILY IN REFUGEE CAMP.

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY SO THAT I CAN SEND YOU ALL THE DOCUMENTS MY LATE HUSBAND USED TO DEPOSIT THE CONSIGNMENT BOXES IN GHANA TRIDENT SECURITY COMPANY LIMITED.

PLEASE DEAR KINDLY REPLY ME THROUGH THIS MY PRIVETE EMAIL: L33MOZEMBE@HOTMAIL.COM

PLEASE GET BAACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU ARE TROUGH WITH MY MAIL.

REGARDS
LILLY MOZEMBE








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