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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: faith k <faithk08@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <f.kabongo@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:28:49 +0100
Subject: I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE,



I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE, Dearest Good Friend,
Compliments of the season. May the grace, peace and love of God be unto you? I hope my letter will not cause you too much embarrassment by writing through this channel especially when we have not met personally in the past. Well it is occasioned by the urgency it demands. Your contact was made possible to me through database, And I have no doubt about your capacity and good will to assist me in receiving into your custody the sum of ($8.6(Eight Million, six hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) willed and deposited on my name. I got your contact from a professional database found in the Internet while searching for a reliable, trustworthy and honest person that will assist me safeguard this money into an account. I was divinely inspired to pick your name among other names found in the database after series of prayers/fasting for God's direction. I am Mrs. Faith Kabongo and presently undergoing a medical treatment. I was happily married to Dr. Gadji Kabongo who worked with Malaysian embassy here in Cote d'Ivoire for nine years before he died in the year 2004.We were happily married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his untimely death, he was involved in the exportation of Cocoa and Coffee apart from working with the embassy. We were both born again Christians his death (May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace). Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home, which the Bible is against. For this reason my husband's family decided to send me away from my husband's house and seized our properties which includes Houses, Cars etc. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($8.6(Eight Million, six hundred thus and U.S. Dollars) with one finance/security company here in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, and this money is the only thing that his family did not know about among my husband's seized properties, and presently, this money is still with the Security Company. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next six months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my partial paralysis. Having known my condition I have decided to donate this fund to a church/mosque or better still a Christian/Moslem individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want somebody that will use this to fund churches, Mosques, orphanages etc and for the propagation of the word of God and also to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The good book said, blessed is the hand that giveth and I believe and hold onto this word. You will assist in the disbursement of this money as well as keeping your own share. As you can see from my explanations above, you will assist me as well as assist yourself. However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with me that you will not disappear with the whole money. If you agree to my terms, kindly respond to this mail. Waiting for your urgent response.Thank you and God bless.
My best regards,Mrs. Faith Kabongo.
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