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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: "BARRISTER DONKA TEE ESQ" <web1941111@att.net>
Reply-To: <donkateeesq@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:24:18 -0800
Subject: THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT.

 
 
HELLO FRIEND,
 
 
I AM BARRISTER DONKA TEE ESQ, A SOLICITOR AT LAW, PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO LATE ENGR. MORGAN, A NATIONALITY OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO WAS FORMER CEO OF TEXACO OIL COMPANY HERE IN REPUBLIC OF GHANA, I FEEL QUITE SAFE DEALING WITH YOU HAVING GONE THROUGH YOUR REMARKABLE PROFILE ON THE INTERNET. I REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE TO EXECUTE AN URGENT LEGAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL OPEN DOORS FOR UNIMAGINABLE FINANCIAL REWARD FOR BOTH OF US. THIS DEAL IS 100%LEGITIMATE CONSIDERING MY POSITION AS A LAWYER HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
 
 
IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME IN EXECUTING THIS TRANSACTION INVOLVING A HUGE AMOUNT OF CASH $10MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, QUICKLY GET BACK TO ME IN COMPLETE CONFIDENCE FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION/FULL DETAILS OF PROCEEDING.
 
 
FORWARD ME THE BELLOW INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS:
 
 
1, YOUR FULL NAMES
 
2, YOUR OCCUPATION/POSITION
 
3, YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE AND MOBILE NUMBER,
 
4, YOUR ADDRESS.
 
5, YOUR AGE.
 
6, YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ID IF ANY.
 
 
I AWAIT YOUR REPLY.
 
 
SINCERELY,
 
 
BARRISTER DONKA TEE ESQ
Email: donkateeesq@yahoo.com

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