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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: "Duma Sono" <dumasono59@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: dumasono@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:36:30 +0000
Subject: CRY FOR HELP.

FROM:MR.DUMA SONO 
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
PHONE:+27 838 649 787

                                                      
                                                        STRICTLY  CONFIDENTIAL
Dear
      Sir/Madam


Compliments of the day to you and your family.I am writing to you with much respect and honor to this letter, which must remain private and confidential. I know my proposal will come to you as a surprise since you do not precisely know me. Anyway, my mind accepted you and I believe that this proposal will bring mutual benefit for both of us.

Let me use this medium to introduce myself to you, I am MR DUMA SONO , the first son of Mr.Jonas Sono, the former chairman of Diamond National Mining Co-operation and once the Director of Works and Housing before his untimely death. My Father associated himself with coup plotters that ousted the government of Ahmed Tijan Kabbah on the 25th of May 1997 and was executed including ten (10) others.

As a result of his death and uncontrollable war in my country, Sierra Leone, i my mother and my junior brother and my kid sister decided to seek asylum in Johannesburg South Africa where my Father had deposited US11.4m (Eleven  Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) for us. We now want to use this money for investment in your country since we do not have anybody to assist us. Therefore, I am asking for your urgent assistance to forward this money into your country using very confidential and reliable means in which I will offer you 30% of the total amount for your king assistance.

However, This money is safely kept in a Security Company before my father death under disguise as precious items and nobody has any slight knowledge of what is inside the box deposited with the Security Company. In other words, there is no risk involved and so not hesitate to ask questions where necessary. All the documents covering the deposition of the money with the Security Company are intact with me.
 
For more information, please contact  me with above phone or email  to provide you with detailed information on how the transfer of this fund can be made to your country upon acceptance. Please your private phone and fax numbers will be mostly needed for easy and confidential communication.

I look forward to hearing from you immediately you receive this mail.
 
Thanks and may God almighty bless you.

Best regards,

MR.Duma Sono
(For the family)


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