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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: "Bernard Sango" <benngo5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ben_sango@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:58:35 +0000
Subject: See if you can

Joint Venture Proposal

Dear

My proposal is some thing you can handle irrespective of your area of
specialization so long as you have investment experience.

My joint venture proposal is to know if you can assist us in investing some
amount of money (USD) I inherited from my late father as a trustee / co
beneficiary in any profitable joint venture as partners under your care.

I know it may be difficult for you to believe my proposal considering how I
contact you and high rate of internet scam these days. That is the reason I
couldn’t give you more than this information until you make up your mind.

It‘s quit unfortunate that some people takes advantage of others. You should
know as well that if there is no original their will be no imitation or
fake. I will appreciate if you can give us chance to prove our genuineness.

I wait for your response positive or negative. If positive, I will give you
details. Do not fail to ask any thing you want me to clear you on when you
reply.

Sincerely
Bernard Sango

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