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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: thomas sunguru <thomsungaa@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 15:57:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Thomas


From: Master Thomas Sunguru
APPEAL FOR URGENT
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
Email: thomsungaa@yahoo.com.br


Dear sir,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I gotyour name and contact from the Ivoirian chamber of commerce and industry.

I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to
its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as areputable
and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation , I must nothesitate to confide in you for this simple andsincere business I am mr Thomas Sunguru the only Son of late Mr.and Mrs.Kelven Sunguru. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to
death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip . My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special.

Before the death of my father on November 2004 in a private hospital
here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me
that he has the sum of Twenty one million five hundred thousand United
State Dollars.USD ($ 21.500,000) left in one of the private and
security company in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only
son for the next of Kin in depositing of the box.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that
he was poisoned by his business associates.
That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose
such as real estate management or hotel management Sir, I am honourably
seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to .

2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22 years old.

3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover,sir i am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund
into your nominated account overseas Furthermore,
you indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that
this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you
signify interest to assist me.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
Thomas




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