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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: kane dongo <k_dongo08@msn.com>
Reply-To: <k_dongo@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:22:22 +0000
Subject: THANKS AND WAITING FOR YOUR LETTER



THANKS AND WAITING FOR YOUR LETTER

Dear friend,

I am Mr.KANE DONGO, personal Assistant to the Branch Manager of
Bank Of Africa(B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I want to inquire from you
if you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life
opportunity for you and me. The transaction is about seeking your consent to
present you as the next of kin/ beneficiary of the US$4.3
million dollars,(four million,three hundred thousand united states
dollars), and who is a customer to the bank where i work.He died in a
Kenya plane crash 2003, with his family during their vacation journey. The
Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, the bank made a
public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his
relatives abroad.You can view this site to know more.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html.
THEREFORE, by virtue of its nature as being utterly
CONFIDENTIAL, top secret should be maintained please!,because i am still
in the
active service i do not need any form of implication especially now i'm in
the verge of my retirement to endanger my carear at last!.
Since we got the information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to
the deceasedas indicated in our banking guidelines and laws.
In that regard, i decided to seek your consent for this
prospective opportunity. Have it at the back of your mind, that the
transaction does not involve any RISK, and does not need much engagement
from
you, since i am familiar with this kind of transaction being an insider.
Necessary modalities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund
claim under a legitimate arrangement. I have resolved to offer you 30% of
the total fund, 10% for sundry expenses that may be incurred during the
process of executing this transaction and 60% percent for me.I will give
you moredetails about the transaction when I receive your affirmative
response.
I'm waiting to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God bless.
Mr.KANE DONGO

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