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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: "Mrs.Doris Mbono" <dorismbono@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsdorismbono@live.com
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:54:58 +0300
Subject: I nees your quick response




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Hello dear,
Before i procced ,let me formerly introduce myself,My Name is Mrs. Doris
Mbono, I know this will be a surprise to you. Please consider this message
as a request from a family in dire need of your help.
I am the Wife of Mr. David Mbono, from Sudan Darfur, My husband Mr. David
Mbono, was the owner of Omar Sea Food Industry in Darfur region and a Farm
Land in Darfur region and supplier of Central African Countries with sea
food till the Government found out that Darfur region was rich in Oil and
Mineral Resources which was discovered by an individual Group called
Organization Rebel Movement.
The Government and Rebel Movement are fighting over who will control the
Darfur region because of the Oil discovered and Rebel Movement are killing
all the people in Darfur region to enable them control the region, and my
husband was murdered in cold blood and our Farm, Sea Food Industry was
burnt down. Before then, my husband had moved ( US$25.5M ) Twenty-Five
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) to South Africa for
establishment of another branch in Southern Africa, the fund was deposited
in a private Security & Finance Company in the name of my son Mr. Jerry
Mbono as the beneficiary.
My husband was killed because of the Oil discovered in our Farm Land since
the murderer's, Rebel Movement believed once my husband is killed they
will have no challenge in taking over the land. Now the Rebel Movement
turned against us looking for the remaining existing family of Mbono in
order to achieve their aim and objective.
We decided to leave Darfur to Johannesburg, South Africa to seek Asylum
(Refugees)Now all the documents issued when the consignment was deposited
has been handed over to our family Lawyer in South Africa who assisted my
late husband when the consignment was safely deposited.
The financial laws in South Africa on Refugees do not warrant us to invest
the funds here as we cannot operate any bank account, which is why we
decided to look for a Foreign Partner who will assist us in moving the
funds out of South Africa for my family investment. We have decided to
offer you 25% of the total amount, 5% mapped out to defray all expenses
that will be incurred during the process of concluding the transaction,
while the remaining 70%will be for my family and will be invested in your
country under your management.
Having explained the family's predicament and our proposal towards you,i
will like you to reply me immediately.
Please reply to my private email:mrsdorismbono@live.com

Expecting to hear from you,

Have a nice day
With Love from
Mrs Doris Mbono


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