The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Edward Bongani <edwardbonga@yahoo.com.ve> Reply-to:     edwardbonga@gmail.com Subject:     URGENT/PRIVATE MAIL!‏‏ Date:     Sun, 7 Dec 2008 01:38:21 -0800 (PST) (04:38 EST) ¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo! Ahora puedes escribirme a:edwardbonga@yahoo.com.ve - I am Edward Bongani., a solicitor at law, personal attorney to Mr.A.O Schimanski, a national Of your country, who worked with Shell Development Company Ghana. On the 10th of August 2005, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car crash.All occupants unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has proved abortive.After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to seek for a foreign partner through our country's International Chamber of Commerce to stand as his next of kin hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$1.1 million left behind by my late client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the financial firm where the fund was deposited.The said financial firm has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are of the same nationality, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. I intend to part 35% of this funds to you while 65% shall be for me.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. if you accept this offer I will appreciate your timely response. Best regards.Barr. Edward Bongani.   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published here as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam crap mistakenly published on this website as an advance fee scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me your spam crap.