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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: "Kameela Sulayman" <kamelasulayman@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: kameelasulayman@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:10:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Letter Of Relationship and Establishment of aid.

From: Miss Kameela Sulayman.
Letter Of Relationship and Establishment of aid.
Good day,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I am quite aware that my message will come to you as a surprise
because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to
contact you in this regard.
I am Miss. Kameela Sulayman the only daughter of my late parents Mr.Buba
Sulayman. My parents were very wealthy coffee and cocoa farmers here in
Ivory Coast. Unfortunately my mother died in a fatal automobile accident
when i was in tender age and since then my father did not re-marry another
women because of the love he have on my mother but unfortunately My father
was recently killed by his business associates on one of their business
meeting during the crisis in my country, it was doctor who confirmed that
he died of alcoholic poisoning.

Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in my country he
secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of
three million, two hundred thousand united state dollars ($3,200,000.00 )
left in fixed / suspense account in one of the leading banks here in Ivory
Coast, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in
depositing of the money. He also explained to me that it was because of
this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates in
collaboration with our family relatives out of jealousness, greediness and
wickedness.

Also before the death of my father he told me that due to the political
instability in this country and the consequent harassment and threats from
my family relatives and his other enemies that I should humbly seek for a
God fearing and a foreigner in a country of my choice where I should
transfer this money and use it for investments such as real estate and
hotel management.

Please my dear, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To provide a good bank account which this money would be transferred
to into.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am still a girl of only 19
year.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and also to secure a resident permit in your country.

As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist
me to successfully transfer the money into an account in your country, I
will give you all the necessary information you may require to proceed
towards transferring the money. Finally, I am willing to offer you 15% of
the total money as mode of compensation for your effort for assisting me
with this humble request as I believe that this transaction would be
concluded within seven (7) days you signify your interest to assist me.
Please reply me.
Anticipating hearing from you urgently.

Thanks and God bless.
Yours Sincerely,
Kameela Sulayman.

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