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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: "Martin Kobarho" <makobarho1@clujnapoca.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: makobarho@clujnapoca.ro
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:49:35 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply





YOUR ATTENTION,



FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTLY CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION AND I PRAY
THAT MY CONTACTING YOU WILL BE GIVEN GENUINE APPROVAL I WISH TO USE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.



I AM MARTIN KOBARHO FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SUDAN IN AFRICA.I WRITE TO INFORM YOU
OF MY DESIRE TO INVEST AND TO BUY A LIVING HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY.I AM FIRST
SON OF DR SOLATA KOBARHO, WHO IS A PROMINENT CHIEF IN THE RICH DIAMOND MINING
VILLAGE IN SOUTH DARFU IN SUDAN.MY FATHER WAS ATTACKED AND SHOT BY THE REBELS
ON HIS WAY TO HIS HOUSE, ALONG WITH MY SISTER.MY SISTER DIED ON THE SPOT WHILE
U.N PEACE KEEPING FORCE RESCUE MY FATHER HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL
ATTENTION WHERE HE LATER DIED.



IT WAS AT THIS STAGE THAT THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE U.N PEACE KEEPING ENVOY
WHO WAS A FRIEND TO MY FATHER(MR JOHN PRONK)THEN ARRANGED AN ARMY AIRCRAFT TO
CONVEY ME AND MY MOTHER MRS LYNDA KOBARHO TO ACCRA-GHANA. FOR SAFETY



ABOUT TEN DAYS NOW BEFORE HE DIED HE REVEALED TO ME ABOUT THE BOX CONTAING
U.S$14M(FOURTEEN MIILIONS U.S DOLLARS) WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY
COMPANY HERE IN GHANA FOR THE PURPOSE FOR SAFE KEEPING.MY FATHER DID NOT
DISCLOSED THE CONTENT OF THE BOXES TO THE SECURITY COMPANY,HE DEPOSITED IT AS
ART WORKS FOR EXPORT.TO AVOID THE OFFICIALS FOR RAISING EYE BROWS.



WHAT MY FAMILY NEED FROM YOU NOW IS TO ASSIST US TO RETREIVE THE CONSIGNMENT
FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY.FOR YOUR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE .MYSELF AND MY MOTHER
MRS LYNDA KOBARHO HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT CONTENT OF
THE TWO BOXES ,IF THE CONSIGNMENT IS SUCCESSFULLY REDEPOSITED IN YOUR NAMES
AND UNDER YOUR CUSTODY IN YOUR COUNTRY.



WE HAVE ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS THAT COVERED THE DEPOSITION AND OWNERSHIP OF
THESE CONSIGNMENTS WHICH I CAN MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON REQUEST .I HAVE NEVER
DISCLOSED THIS TO ANY BODY APART FROM YOU,SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP TO YOURSELF
ONLY.THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL.

I WANT YOU TO REPLY ME WITH INTEREST SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY
DETAILS ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SUCCEED IN THE ACT OF SHIPPING THE
BOXES TO YOUR COUNTRY.

BEST REGARDS

MARTIN KOBARHO



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