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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: =?utf-8?q?Juliet=20Dunga?= <julietdunga8@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: miss.julietdunga@yahoo.de
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dearest one


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:julietdunga8@yahoo.com.co



- Dearest one,Sorry it is with bleeding heart and deep pains that led me in taken this bold step of faith to reveal this private information to you without knowing who you are, but I believe after reading this letter, you would find space in your kind heart to assist me out of my dark tunnel. Well let me start by introducing my self.I am Miss Juliet Dunga a deaf girl of 20 yrs old the only daughter of late Dr and Mrs.Frank Dunga, my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan. The economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates, on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. When my mother died on the 21st October 2004 that was the day I became deaf.Dearest one,Sorry it is with bleeding heart and deep pains that led me in taken this bold step of faith to reveal this private information to you without knowing who you are, but I believe after reading this letter, you would find space in your kind heart to assist me out of my dark tunnel.Well let me start by introducing my self.I am Miss Juliet Dunga a deaf girl of 20 yrs old the only daughter of late Dr and Mrs.Frank Dunga, my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan. The economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates, on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. When my mother died on the 21st October 2004 that was the day I became deaf.My father took me so special because i am motherless. Before the death of my father on 29th April 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of usUSD $10.7M (Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a safe keeping house which I will want you to help me move out of this country because of the war here. But the safe keeping house does not know the true content of the trunk box to be cash as my father declared upon deposit as containing family valuables.If you are sure and honest that you are not going to take advantage of an orphan like me,just like my uncles have done to me because of not releasing my late father vital business documents to them.Please kindly get in touch with me urgently for more details on how to proceed. I am totally frustrated that my whole mind for now lies on my survival which is securing this money.Please I am confiding completely in you and I really need your assistance at this point of my life.Moreover,I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compersation for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as this email get to you in good health. I am ready to send to you every relevand documents including the certificate of deposit if i hear from you as soon as possible.Thanks for your kind anticipated positive reply.Your's Faithfully Miss Juliet Dunga


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