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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: Elisabeth Mulongoti <mrs-mulongoti20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs_mulongoti@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:21:07 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS MULONGOTI






Dearest One,

I am Mrs Elisabeth G. Mulongoti the principal of Sam-Sas Sullu Education Forum in East Lebanon.I have been the principal for ten years,am also married with three kids.

I am writting this letter to you because i need a help from you as a foreigner,my school has 35.6million dollars which they recovered from the last seminar which we held just one working day before the war started and was deposited in a security company in London.I want you as a foreigner to help me transfer this money to a private account in your local state.I couldn't contact any one during the war for safe keeping,but now i think things are better here now,so we can transact the business now.

After the bomb blast i lost 40 student,my husband and kids and now the school is closed and never to be re-opened again.If you can help me do this i will give you 40% of the money and i will take 60% percent of the money.What i need from you is just your full name ,phone number,address,age,occupation,then we can proceed.

Get back to me in my private email:mrs_mulongoti@hotmail.com

Thanks,
Mrs Elisabeth G. Mulongoti


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