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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: DR ZONGO KOMI <zongo.komi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drzongokomi1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 01:47:37 +0900 (KST)
Subject: TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY




 I AM DR ZONGO KOMI.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
ECO-BANK OF AFRICA PLC,
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO . 


Dear Friend,

Iamthe manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittanceDepartment of ECO-BANK OF AFRICA, here in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso.Inmydepartment we discovered an abandoned sum of US$25.8Milliondollarsinan account that belongs to one of our foreignCustomer (MR.PAULLOUISfrom Paris , France ) who died along with Hisentire familyin July2003in a plane crash.

Sincewegotinformation about his death wehave been expecting his Next ofkintocome over and claim his moneybecause we cannot release itUnlesssomebody applies for it as next ofkin or relation to theDeceasedasindicated in our banking guidelinesand laws butunfortunately welearntthat all his supposed next of kinor relationdied alongside withhim atthe plane crash leaving nobodybehind forthe claim.

Itisthereforeupon this discovery that I nowdecided to make thisbusinessproposal toyou and release the money toyou as the next of kinorrelation to thedeceased for safety andsubsequent disbursementsincenobody is coming forit and we don’t wantthis money to go into thebanktreasury as unclaimedbill.

Thebanking law and guidelineherestipulates that if suchmoney RemainedUnclaimed after eight tonineyears, the money will betransferred intothe bank treasury asunclaimedfund. The request offoreigner as nextof kin in this transferisunquestionable by the factthat the customerwas a Foreigner andaBurkinabe cannot stand as next ofkin to aforeigner.

Iagreethat40%of this money will be for you as a respect to theProvision ofaforeignaccount, and 60% would be for me Thereafter, IWill visityourcountry fordisbursement according to thepercentageindicatedTherefore, to enablethe immediate transfer of thisfund toyouarranged, you must apply firstto the bank as relation ornext ofkin ofthe deceased indicating yourbank name, your bankaccountnumber, yourPrivate telephone and fax numberfor easy andeffectivecommunicationAnd location where in the money willberemitted... Uponreceipt of yourreply, I will send to you by faxoremail the text ofthe application.

Iwillnot fail to bring toyour notice thistransaction is hitch-free andthatyou should notentertain any atom offear as all requiredArrangementshave been made forthe transfer,please treat this businesswith utmostconfidentiality andyou shouldreply me immediately as soonas youreceive this letter. 
butbeforei send to you the text of application form which you will filland sendit to the bank, I will like you to send me the followinginformation

1. NAME IN FULL:.......................
2. ADDRESS:..............................
3. NATIONALITY:......................
4. AGE:.....................................
5. SEX........................................
6. OCCUPATION:......................
7. MARITAL STATUS:............
8. PHONE..................................
9. FAX:........................................
10 SCAN AND SEND A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY CARD TO ME.

Note this,please reply me with this email address (drzongokomi1@gmail.com) for security purpose.

Thanks,
Yours Faithfully,
DR. ZONGO KOMI.




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