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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: "chantal_k2@voila.fr" <chantal_k2@voila.fr>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 08:57:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello




My Dear Happy New-Day,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you.
My name is Mrs. Chantal Lukwasa. I’m 38yrs old i am a nationality of congo-kinshasa. I’m married to a South Africa man (South Africa citizen) Mr. Henri Lukwasa, a civil rights activist and wealthy Gold Diamond, merchant in Congo. Before he died. and i lost my my husband on a plane crash when he was on his way from Congo to Côte d'Ivoire on a business trip on the day of 24th of July 2008 with other passengers aboard.

During his time because of his position he made huge Amount of money from the sale of diamond which is the national resources of democratic republic of Congo (world widely known) after the death of my husband i discovered that he left me everything he had and have deposited the sum of ($4 million, United States dollars) in one of the bank in Abidjan-Cote d'ivoire.

All the the relevant documents concerning the funds are with me which i shall make available to you upon your confirmation to assist me. The life threatening situations prevalence here because of the political problem has compelled us to arrive at a decision to relocate and look for a foreign partner who can help us clear the fund from the bank.
please help me out as life has become unbearable for me and my daughter, we live outside our country and we have lost our home, business and investments, we sometimes even go without food most times as feeding is difficult,  and our entire hope is on this funds in the bank.

This is why your assistance is needed. Please try to consider my situation as a widow and come to our rescue, this business is smooth, secured, risk-free and all arrangement has-been concluded for a successful transaction. I look forward for your urgent response,

Thank you and bless you richly!
Yours sincerely
Chantal Lukwasa.

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