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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: monica kabila <m_kabila23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <monica_kabila0001@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:40:27 +0200
Subject: From Mrs Monica Kabila, A Request For Assistance.



Good day!

I am forty-five years old widow (the second wife) of the late President Kabila of the Republic of Congo. My husband was the former President of DRC who was assassinated by one of his bodyguards on the 16th of January 2001. At the mid-term of the rebellion which is in my country. My son and I as well as the younger brother of my husband traveled out of Congo according to my husband's instructions before his death because of the political problems in our country with a sealed diplomatic baggage to South Africa. On arrival in South Africa, we sought a political asylum. We were not allowed to operate a bank account and I was scared and decided to deposit the money in a Security Company. Because I wanted to be on the safer side, I told them that the baggage belonged to a foreign affiliate, who is the beneficiary of the item.

Since then, I have been looking for a reliable and trustworthy person to help me transfer this money into a foreign account overseas prior to investment, in any conducive country overseas. I got in contact with someone, but he became unnecessarily greedy concerning his share in the transaction, he asked for 40%. Luckily, I ran into your email and decided to contact you to see if you could be of any help to us. We intend to share this money (US$25.5million) as follows: 25% of the total sum for you if you assist us in transferring this money into any of your overseas accounts. 5% of the total sum will be set aside to offset all bills and expenses incurred in the process of this transaction. 70% of the total sum will be for the family investment in any country of which you will be a guardian to us.
Feel free to ask any question you consider necessary.

If you are willing and interested to render the needed assistance, try and con


CONTACT PRIVATE


Email: monica_kabila0001@yahoo.com


Please include your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication. The confidentiality of this transaction is highly required as we trust and believe that you will oblige us the needed security and attention it demands. Please, treat this transaction with absolute confidentiality.

Yours faithfully,
Monica Kabila.
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