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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: mrsmin_ong2@aol.com
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:04:41 -0400
Subject: Next Of Kin/Claim





Good Day.

I know this message will come to you as asurprise because we have not met before but is a day we meet people in life andbecome a great partner. well, I am MinOng, an Account officer to my late client who is a national of your country,who used to work as a foreign contractor with the Oil & Gas Sector. Here inafter shall be referred to as my client.

On the 21st of April 2013, my client, hiswife and their only daughter were involved in a fire outbreak. All of thefamily members unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made severalinquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. After track his last name over the Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist inreturning the fund valued at $8,800,000.00 left behind by my client before it gets Confiscated or declaredunserviceable by our bank where this huge amount were Lodged.

Our Bank has issued me a notice as hisAccount manager to provide the relatives or families of the deceased or havethe account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. For thefact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 yearsnow, I seek the consent to present you as the family member to the deceased,since you have the same last name with my client, so that the proceeds of thisamount can be paid to you.

Therefore, if you are related to thisfamily in question or they are in your family tree or genealogy, pleaseendeavor to reach me immediately to enable me inform you the modalities on howto carry out this project. I have all necessary information and legal documentsneeded to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honestcooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executedunder legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of thelaw. Please get in touch with me as soonas possible to enable us conclude in this matter, while you also includetelephone number for easy communication. Kindly get back to me via my private e-MAIL: info.minong@consultant.com

Best regards,
Mrs. Min Ong

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