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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: Mr Henry Bori Mboma <henbori50@myway.com>
Date: 27 Jul 2007 05:00:14 +0200
Subject: [linux-usb-devel] INVESTMENT RELATIONSHIP



Thursday July 26, 2007

Dear Friend,

Greetings!

My name is Mr Henry Bori Mboma, a citizen of Nairobi, Kenya. Formerly,

I

worked for the Kenya government, under the Administration of former

President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi.

I write this letter, to search for a trustworhty and honest person, to

assist me achieve my objectives, and also to manage a business

investment

for me. I am looking for your cooperation in building a Tourist

Hotel/shopping Mall or Real Estate in any country. I am sorry if this

is

not in line with your business.

But I need an experienced business minded person to assist me to set up

and develop the project and assume responsibility of ownership as

chairman, that will be bringing in profit /distribute profit monthly or

annually.

I lodged total sum of $58.1m in a private security Vault, which I want

to

use for investment purposes in any country, preferably in a good place

for

business investment. I acquirred this money as a result of gold and

diamond sales.

The pressure mounts on present government of Mwai Kibaki, intensified

all

efforts at probing Moi's government, for this reason, I left Kenya for

Western part of Africa where I safekeep the monies.

However, I got your email information during my internet search in

hotel

contact list, that is why I am making this exclusive contact with you.

Your immediate reply will be highly appreciated and I shall give you

more

information on this project, your percentage and all that is expected

of

you from me shall further be discussed.

If you are interested and able to champion this transaction, please

contact me at my private email address: henbori50@myway.com, also your

contact telephone number is needed for conversation.

Be 100% assure that, there is no risk involved. I shall give you more

details upon your response.

Thanks and regards.

Mr Henry Bori Mboma.







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