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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: brigetta keit <brigettakeit@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:30:29 -0500 (EST)
Subject: hii


Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since I cannot
see
you face to face at first.Being the only DAUGHTER of my father, late
Mr.Tijani Kabbah from SIERRA-LEONE Africa (WA). I am 23 years of age.

My father was limited liability DIAMOND and Gold merchant in FREETOWN
SIERRA-LEONE before his untimely death. After his business trip to
MALI
Republic Of BAMAKO to nagociate on a GOOD INVESMENT business he wanted
to
invest in BAMAKO . A week after he came back from bamako , he got an
accident with my mother of which my mother died instantly but my father
died
after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon,

I didn´t know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my
mother, but before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was
going
to die. He, my father, (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) disclosed
to me
that he deposited sum of SIX MILLION US DOLLARS
DOLLARS) in a security company here in bamako THE WEBSITE OF THE SECURITY COMPANY IS www.alliedguiderpublicist.corp.st , according to my father he deposited the
money is in trunk box
but declared it as vital family belongings. He single
handed
me the secret number to open the the room of which he deposited the box key is with me deposit certificate and instructed me to
seek
for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my life time
investment
abroad.

Now I have succeeded in locating the security company here in mali

also confirmed being in possession of the items with most honest and
confidentiality. Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me
lift
this money out from of our save account abroad so that we
should
invest it in any meaningful lucrative business in your country because
this
is my only hope in life.

I am willing to offer you 25% of the total fund if only you can help me
out
of my present predicament. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that
we
can discuss the modalities of this transaction. I await your immediate
response.

Yours friend
brigetta kabbah


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