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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: "ZONGO LEB" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:33:15 +0200
Subject: DEAL OF THE YEAR// http://amairi.org/ibori_loot.html

ATTENTION:SIR

I AM THE PERSONAL SECURITY(BODY GUIDE) TO THE MENTIONED GOVERNOR DR. JAMES
IBORI, DURING THE PROBLEM MY MASTER RAN AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY TO DUBAI WHERE
HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. AS THE PERSONAL SECURITY IM ALLOWED TO
ENTER HIS PRIVATE ROOMS KEEPING EYES ON ALL HIS BELONGING'S, DURING THIS
PROBLEM THE ENTIRE HOUSE WAS EMPTY. I FOUND BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY INSIDE HIS
PERSONALLY BEDROOM.

I PACKAGED THE MONEY AND MANAGED TO ESCAPE OUT OF NIGERIA WITH THE MONEY TO
A NEARBY COUNTRY, NOW I NEED INTERNATIONAL PARTNER TO INVEST THE MONEY IN
OVERSEA AND I NEED A HONEST PERSON WHO HAVE IDEA ON OIL BUSINESS OR ANY
OTHER BETTER INVESTMENT TO INVEST WITH ME.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE HONEST AND GOOD WE CAN MOVE THE MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY
SECRETLY, CURRENTLY I AM HIDING OUT FOR SECURITY REASON'S AND I KEPT THE
MONEY IN A SAFE SECURITY COMPANY AND REGISTERED IT AS VALUED TREASURE
WITHOUT TELLING THEM THE CONTENT.
VIEW THE WEBSITE; http://amairi.org/ibori_loot.html

CONTACT ME, once i receive your reply i will give you my phone number for
easy communication and i will tell you the amount.

Thanks,

ZONGO LEB

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