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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: Elfa Omar Bongo <ars.racingshop@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elfakabongo@aim.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:42:11 -0800
Subject: PARTNERSHIP OFFER

From: Elfa Omar Bongo.

Private Email :elfakabongo@aim.com

TEL: +27 – 620 – 479 – 436.





Good day to You,

My names are Mr.Elfa Kabongo Omar Bongo the son of the former Gabon
president, late El Hadj.Omar Bongo.

My mother Katharina and I are interested in relocating to your
country, with the aim of starting a new life and consolidating the
finances available to us in your line of business and under your
management. Funds we have available are securely deposited in a
Governmental Bonded Vaults being US$43,600,000.00 (Forty-Three
Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in liquid
assets. After the death of my father on the 8th of June 2009, my elder
brother Ali Bernard of a different mother has decided to take control
of our late father’s great fortunes and to become the next president
of Gabon.

I and my mother have been able to secure the documents of the above
amount deposited in my mother’s name. The funds are presently kept in
the custody of a private depository firm here in South Africa. We
urgently seek your partnership to move the funds out of South Africa
and invest it in profitable ventures with you to avoid my half brother
taking it from us.

You can as well view the below websites for further information on my
father:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/africa/09bongo.html?_r=1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8088399.stm


We intend to share the funds thus;

For Your Involvement; 20%
Myself & My Mother; 80%

Firstly, we would need a brief work history indicating your capability
to handle funds of this magnitude and also we would need to move the
funds out of South Africa as soon as we can possibly make necessary
arrangements for the investments of the funds in your country.
My mother and I have carefully worked out the modalities for the
eventual transfer. You are to participate as our foreign partner in
the scheme of arrangement. My mother personally requested that I send
this mail to you to seek your assistance and participation.

Kindly indicate your interest by replying through my E-mail address:
elfakabongo@aim.com or you can contact me on this South Africa number:
0027 – 620 – 479 – 436 where I am presently reside for now.


Kind Regard,

Elfa Kabongo Omar Bongo

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