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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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Fraud email example:

From: Komi Zongo <zongokomi1@ozu.es>
Reply-To: zongokomi@ozu.es
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 17:25:06 +0900 (KST)
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME




THE DESK OF Dr KOMI ZONGOAUDITS & ACCOUNTS DEPTAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B.)Ouagadougou Burkina FasoGreeting To You And Your Family                             I am Dr KOMI ZONGO, a banker with the above mentioned bank in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso in West Africa, holding the post of the Audit & Accounts dept. On December, 25, 2006, one Mr. Sallah Khatif,a Lebanese Nationality, An Astute Business man of international repute, a contract with ecowas country, whose endeavors spans various areas of Business interest, (Real estate, contract and Farming .etc) made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at $17.5 MIllion USD (seventeen  Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.  Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his company that Mr.Sallah Khatif. was aboard the
AF4590 plane, which crashed December, 25  2006. After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless. On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr.Sallah Khatif , did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work here in our Bank. The total sum, $17.5M  is still in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. All efforts to trace and locate his next of kin proved abortive. In accordance with the country's  banking laws and constitution guiding this banking institution stated that  after  the expiration of 6 years, if no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin , such  money will be revert to the Burkina Faso government  treasury if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this
respect, I seek to present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Sallah Khatif, since no one will come up for the claim. Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail the A.D.B. Bank "Next of Kin Payment Application Text Form" as well as detailed information on how this business would be carried out. And you will be in position of 40% after the deal is done while 10% will be to pay back any expences we both make before the fund hits into your account and 50% will be for me and other of my collegues which i will settle after we have concluded, I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as I will use my position in the Bank  here to perfect this business transaction & secure Approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this interests you,
I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this Transaction at hand whatever your decision is. I await your urgent response,and fill those spaces below to enable us proceed this business onward if interested. please this my private email address zongokomi@ozu.es Your Full Name..........................Your Sex.................................Your Age..................................Your Country..............................Your pass or photo.......................Your Occupation..........................Your Personal Mobile Number.........Your Personal Fax Number............. As soon as i receive your positive respond i will send to you more details information about the transaction and what you need to do immediately.I look forward for your kind and positive response immediately,Yours sincerely,Dr Komi Zongo,Manager Audit & Account's department,AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.

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