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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: "Konga Jawara" <kongajawara@latinmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:13:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE:RE:Please,reply quickly


ATTENTION PLEASE,

MY NAME IS KONGA JAWARA. I AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER OF BANK OF AFRICA, OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO,WEST AFRICA. I AM MAKING THIS PROPOSAL TO YOU BASED ON MY CONVICTION THAT YOU WILL BE CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN MAKING THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY SUCCEED SINCE YOU ARE A FOREIGNER AND THE DECEASED WAS ONE TOO.

I HAVE DISCOVERED THE SUM OF 22.6 MILLION DOLLARS FLOATING IN THE ACCOUNT OF A DECEASED FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF THE BANK WHO DIED IN THE COMPANY OF HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH WITHOUT ANYONE LEFT ALIVE TO CLAIM THIS MONEY.THE BANK HAS BEEN EXPECTING TO SEE HIS NEXT OF KIN,BUT,FAILED SINCE THERE IS NO ONE OF THEM ALIVE TO MAKE THE CLAIM.BELOW IS THE WEBSITE OF THE CRASH:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

IT IS IN THIS SENSE THAT I NOW HAVE CONTACTED YOU SO THAT YOU WILL POSE AS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND CLAIM THE MONEY.I AM AT THE BANK TO PLAY THE INSIDER'S ROLE WHILE YOU WILL PUSH THE TRANSFER ACCORDING TO BANKING RULES AND GET THE MONEY TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR PERSONAL BANKING ACCOUNT.WE WILL DISCUSS THE SHARING RATIO ONCE YOU ACCEPT TO ASSIST IN THIS.KINDLY FORWARD YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER,A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR RECENT PHOTO AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS TO ME SO THAT I WILL HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN DEALING WITH YOU SINCE YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS HUGE AMOUNT.ALSO TO ENABLE ME UPDATE THE FILE OF THE DECEASED IN MY BANK WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFO SO THAT YOU CAN BOLDLY STAND AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.
WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.

MR.KONGA JAWARA
THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA, OUAGADOUGOU






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