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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date:
Subject: dear sir/madam

=46ROM: Rebeca HAJI V. Mbombo
TEL::+447031941680.....MY CONTACT IN LONDON
MY MOTHER CONTACT IN GHANA
EMAIL:rebeca_mbombo@yahoo.com
ACCRA REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ATTN:

Dear,
It is my great delight and pleasure to present this project in the hope=
that at the end both of us would benefit immensely from it. I am Rebec=
a Haji V. Mbombo, the wife of the late HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS KING Efu Mbom=
bo IX of Mendes kingdom in Sierra Leone. My husband before his untimely=
death was the king of the MENDES KINGDOM, a respected member of the co=
uncil of traditional rulers and one of the richest Diamond dealers in S=
IERRA LEONE.
My husband was killed in cold blood day in his palace by the rebel forc=
es following the allegation that he was a staunch supporter of the demo=
cratically elected president ALHAJI TEJAN KABBAH. But our Five children=
and I were rescued by the West African Peace Keeping Force ECOMOG, aft=
er the havoc has been glaringly committed. Present following the afore =
said, and intensive search for what my children and I could lay our fut=
ure on, in the palace, we have been able to discover some valuable item=
s and wealth in his private strong room. And amongest them are two seal=
ed boxes containing the sum of USD 32 Million.
The war between the government forces and the rebel remains unabated he=
nce with a clandestine arrangement with the ECOMOG, our family items th=
e two boxes containing the USD 32 Million my children and I had the lea=
ve for the AccraRepublic of Ghana for safe haven. And after our success=
ful arrival in Ghana Republic, we delegated my first son, PRINCE Kingsl=
ey c. Mbombo to deposit the two boxes in the strong room of security an=
d vault company in Accra Ghanarepublic with the view and interest of fi=
nding a reliable foreign partner to assist us to lift the money to your=
country via a safe account and we have been issued a certificate of de=
posit to that effect.
We will like to highlight here that our Major concern will be the reset=
tlement of our family and further good utilization of the fund in your =
country after you have receive it in your desired account. It is paramo=
unt to say that you will be handsomely forwarded during our meeting in =
a neutral ground, as it may be. You should also bear in mind that the g=
reat objective of our asking for your assistance is to help to better o=
ur lives via laudable capital invesment in your country especially in a=
profitable project.
On that note, you should feel free to contact my son, PRINCE Kingsley c=
=2E Mbombo=C2=A0 with above number for more discussions because present=
ly there are problems in our country Sierra Leone and we would like to =
leave ACCRA GHANA without further delay in anticipation of your speedy =
plans to finalise the project.
Please endeavour to call on the above telephone as soon as you receive =
this email to enable us facilitate the transaction.
Thanks for your kind cooperation
Yours faithfully,

REBECA Haji v. Mbombo.



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