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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: MR ZONGO KOMI <mrzongokomi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 04:30:43 +0000
Subject: With Due Respect

Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit

Bank Of Africa (BOA)

Ouagadougou - Burkina-Faso

West / Africa .



Confidential Business Proposal!!





I am Mr Zongo Komi, the senior Auditor In charge of Foreign Remittance
Unit, Bank Of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I have a business
which will benefit both of us, The amount of money involved is ($27.2
Million Dollars) which i want to transfer from an abandoned account to your
bank account; it is 100% risk free.

After the end of the business, We shall agree that { 40% } Forty Percent
will be for you in respect of all your assistance for this transaction and
{ 60% } Sixty- Percent will be for me being the pioneer of the business.



I will like you to provide immediately the below information's, to enable
me use it and get you next of kin application form from my bank.

1.Full Name:......................

2.Full Address:...................

3.Telephone Number:...............

4.Country:.................... ....

5.Occupation:................. ....

6.Age:........................ ....

7.Sex:........................ ....





As soon as you reply, I will let you know the next steps and procedures and
more details to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.

Yours Sincerely,



Mr Zongo Komi.

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