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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: "Barrister Mboma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristermboma@representative.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:30:59 -0500
Subject: Investment

Sir,

I write to you based on a request by an investor who is in urgent needs to
relocate his assets to Iran or Turkey through your assistance. My name is Mr
Mboma H.Mboma, a solicitor here in Kenya. I am representing the interest of
very wealthy investor from East and North Africa. Due to the sensitivity of
their position they hold in their organization and the unstable investment
environment of their countries, they prefer to channel/move majority of their
funds into more stable economies and developing nations where they can get
good yield for their assets and its safety.

I will like us to discuss my proposal in details. My leader Mr R Machar
former Vice president of South Sudan has given me an instruction to move all
his assets to a safer location from its present locations in Khartoum and
Morocco, with the assistance of a foreign interest that is capable and can be
trusted. This is coming in the heels of the ongoing Civil war in South Sudan
(where he is a major player). Ever since his purported and unconstitutional
removal by the sitting president Mr.Salva Kiir Mayardit, his personal safety,
assets and investments are no longer guaranteed under the sitting government.

I have been given the full authority to negotiate with you on the working
terms, once you can demonstrate that you have the capacity to handle the
project, Due to nature of this message all reply should be sent to only this

Email: barristermboma@representative.com

Be noted that a face to face meeting will be highly needed during the process
of this investment plane/project, that will give us the room to know each
other before completion of the project, we are looking at $265,000.000.00,
Two Hundred and Sixty Five Million United States Dollars Only.

Please treat as urgent

Best Regards

Barrister Mboma H.Mboma.
Personal Representative
Kenya

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