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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: Dominique Bongo <dominiquebongo22bd@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 18:35:15 +0000
Subject: rply

Dear Friend,

My name is Barrister Dominique Bongo., Personal attorney to my late
client Engineer stavreski Victor who died of heart attack in 2009. He
deposited $15,500,000.00 in a Bank here.
He died without any registered next of kin as he was long divorced and
had no child.

The bank contacted me and said that they will confiscate his account and
money if i fail to present any of his relative. I contacted you because you
can perfectly handle this transaction and fit in as his next of kin, We
can work together to claim this money and share it 50/50.

Kindly get back to me with your information as stated below for more
details

Full name:
Contact Address:
Mobile Phone Number:
your gmail or hotmail or yahoo

Kindly reply me through my email address for more details

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Dominique Bongo.

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