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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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Fraud email example:

From: Kevin Momugo <kmomugo48@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <kmomugo88@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:07:13 +0000
Subject: From Master Kevin Momugo



Dearest One,

I hope this letter may not be a disturbance to you as i contacted you in good faith. Please excuse me for intruding into your private life. My name is Master Kevin Momugo, 19 years old from Sierra Leone, West Africa. I am the only son of Mr. Jonathan K. Momugo, who until his death worked under the Ministry of Mines and Industry of Sierra Leone – West Africa. You might be aware of the political war in my country, Sierra Leone. During the beginning of the war in my country my father sustained serious bullet wounds from the rebel forces on his way to his office in the capital city of Freetown. It was the United Nations peace keeping forces that rescued him and he later died in a private hospital. When the news gets to me i immediately rushed to the hospital where he was receiving treatments. Before his death he told me about some money he kept in a bank in Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire. The money is US$3.2Million. He deposited the money and put my name as his next of kin in his bank papers. He told me in case he died of the bullet wounds i shouldn't stay back in Sierra Leone. I should go to Cote d'Ivoire and look for a trustworthy person who will be my investment partner that can help me in good investments and to live happily in any country of my choice because of my under age and inexperience in life. He finally died and i was left alone because my mother had died of cancer of the breast when i was only 11 years old. So presently i have managed to come to Cote d Ivoire after going through many difficulties and have located the bank. The bank advised that i should present to them my investment partner before they could release the money as contained in my father’s deposit papers with them. That is why I contacted you. Please i want you to become my investment partner by helping to see that this money be transferred into any of your safe bank account for good investments. and to enable me to come over and stay with you to finish my education peacefully.I will need your best advice on how to invest this money. I want to also buy a house when the money gets to your account where i will live. My father told me it is dangerous for me to make use of the money in and around my country, Sierra Leone to avoid any suspicions and that is why i want to come to your country. I will offer you 15% of the total money for your kind consideration and sincere assistance.
Please note that i have never told this to anybody but only you, so i want you to keep this matter very secret and send your private telephone number for more communication in your reply mail. Sincerely yours, Master Kevin Momugo.
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