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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: John Bongo <j.bongo948@laposte.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:56:02 +0200
Subject: Good Day Dear.


Hello dear,
I am Mr. John Bong from Johannesburg, South Africa. I work for Standard Bank of South Africa. I am writing you from my office that will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my department, being the assistant manager Greater South Regional Office, I discovered an abandoned sum of $10,000,000 (Ten Million United State Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Thompson Morrison, American citizen who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you are, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10,000,000 can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are making. All I need is to fill in your names to the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
But please! You will need to provide me with the followings information it will only take seven working days to run this transaction through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name.
2. Your mobile Telephone Number.
3. Your Contact Address.
4. Occupation.
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will assist me in making this transfer a success.
Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will deliver to you more information about this good transaction. Endeavor to let me know your decision as you are willing and committed to do this transaction with me, you can contact me on my personal mobile number<+27764251612> for more information about this transfer.
Thanks
Yours Sincerely
Mr. John Bong
Contact here for more info:johnbongo_112@live.fr

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