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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: "laso vono" <lasovon@gala.net>
Reply-To: lasovono@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:58:34 +0000
Subject: verify and settle all outstanding pending Payment


Dear Beneficiary,
The Lasovono Afro-Euro Stock Funds Commission (L.A.S.F.C.) was setup by the
African
Union in conjunction with the European Union, The United States Government
and the World Bank for the sole purpose of scrutinize, verify and settle all
outstanding pending Payment with maximum security.

In the light of this, we are committed to scrutinize the apex institutions
and we found your full entitlement valid among other approvals identified
as ghost file, UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS / INHERITANCE PAYMENT AND AWARD WINING
ETC, abandoned by sacked officials. this is due to many abnormalities had
happened in the institutions where some top officials collaborate with
impostors who are carrying fake portfolios with levies misled and
misguided about the position of your fund and having the opportunity to
extort money from you and leave the beneficiary half way. So far these
criminals have stolen approximately five hounded thousand from your
entitlement valid now they are currently been included in the subject of
the investigation.

May it interest you to know that you are listed and approved as one of the
beneficiaries to receive One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars from
this payment exercise and it will take three days processing cycle for
fund to reach you either by wire transfer or by issuance of ATM card. This
is a new secure payment method which has been developed to help remove
all the fees which are sometimes charged on your funds transfer and to
making fast confirmed payment.

When this functionality is made available, you (as the beneficiary) must
pay for purchase form $95.00 (US$) this will enable us effect maximum
clearance on your transfer script as the authorities demand!! To
exonerate you from any form of interrogation and to authenticate the fact
that your approval payment are clean and has no links whatsoever with
either drugs or terrorism and to ensure that no mistake or error is made.

Please reconfirm your accurate contact details and your banking
information's to this email address (lasovono@yahoo.com). As soon as we
receive the purchase form fee, we
will honour/guarantee transfer of Funds as instructed by you .We strongly
advise against doing any thing with any body or organisation claming to
hold your payment this is a friendly but stern warning.


Thank you and kind regards,

Mr.Johnson mark.
Director Payment Service Provider.
(Debt Management Office,lasovono Afro Euro Stock Funds Commission).

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