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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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Fraud email example:

From: rita kabila <rita_kabila11@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:14:46 +1000 (EST)
Subject: From Mrs Rita Kabila.(Yes You Can Trust Me).


Dear VICTIMNAME,

Good morning and how are you, we hope fine? Thank you for your mail and we are 100% sure that you the rightful person to assist us and we are very happy. Before any other thing I wish to appreciate your honest and sincere mail which has made me to understand that God is on our side.

Dearest VICTIMNAME, if we have contacted you, it is because we are in a very difficult situation and believe we cannot handle this transaction without the help of a trusted foreigner whom will not betray us in future. And I also believe that our contacting you is a divine direction and he knows why so if our destiny is to leave together forever it must surely come to pass.

You are the only person I have sent my letter to and that was the reason why it surprised me with your first reply and for the fact that I prayed over it and strongly believe that you are the rightful person to help I decided to confide in you till we are all happily together as it is our intension to leave Africa and never to come back again.


Below are the procedures which we can work on to realise this shipment:

1.Can you come down here for us to visit the security company together and claim the consignment open an account in your name where the fund will be lodged for onward transfer to you us nominated account.

2. The security company can also arrange and ship the consignment to their affiliate office in Europe (Spain) where you will go to claim it on our behalf if you are so afraid to visit here.

3. With the security company's Immunity they also have the right to ship the consignment to your nominated address in your country on a good arrangement with them though I’m sure they will require some fees to be paid.

Personally i think the best for us is to work on the shipment to your nominated address in london cause i believe that my Late Husband made the deposit for the purpose of shiping it out of africa and i would like us to work on that as withdrawing it here or carring it around might not be the best for us.

With me also is the Deposit Certificate and the a letter of authorisation which both of us will sign together to build trust and confidence and also I will forward the contact of the security company to you so that you can proceed with them as our appointed beneficiary. It is also important that we accelerate quickly because of the political situation here so that before 14 working days the shipment will leave safely.

I also want you to understand that I am the only one that knows about this deposit and our stay here so no one will ever trace us and more over as soon as everything is over I and my son will leave Africa and never to come back again as we have suffered a lot through this period.

This transaction did not just come to you as we are fully sure that we are dealing with the right person and will not hesitate to appoint you as our beneficiary to you as soon as you have agreed to work with us and assure us that the fund will be secured when it gets to you.

We look forward to hear from you so that the Deposit Certificate and the Letter of Authorisation will be send to you with the contact of the security company for you to proceed with them.

Dearest One, we strongly believe that our approaching you is a divine direction from God and with him all is going to work out fine for us soon.

Can my son start his education in your country? What are the profitable investments in your country? Though I am happy you are now an investor and with your experience the sky will be our limit.

I will always be praying for Gods guidance in your life and hope to hear from you soon.
Yours Sincerely
Mrs.Kabila Rita & Son Mark.



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