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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?sandra=20kabila2005?= <sandra_kabila2005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:23:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ASSISTANCE


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : sandra_kabila2005@yahoo.fr

From sandra kabila

Cote D' Ivoire

Abidjan

West Africa

We are seeking for your assistanceI am ,mrs sandra kabila the wife of late john who was the former oil minister of Congo Brazzavill during the time of president Pascal mohammed before his regime was overthrown four years ago. On 16th may 2002 of my husband was sick and he was flown to france for treatment and he was later of cancer and he has been buried My husband (kabila john) and three other cabinet minister including president lissoumba was involved in the $150,000.000(one hundred and fifty millions American dollars) oil deal with American company "occidental petroleum" they undersold Congolese oil which part of the money was diverted and other part was went to public treasury. During this deal my husband collect ed $9,500,000(Nine millions and Five hundred thousand American dollars) as part of his own share from the deal which he kept in a truck box lodged with security company Cote D'Ivoire(Abidjan)West Africa which we ship to your country throught their diplomatic courrier service and all arrangement has been concluded for a successful transaction.The security company did not know that the box contains money because my late husband deposited the box as family valuables The money was willed in favour of my Duagther name fatu one girl and myself as next of kin for the deposit. In fact, since the death of my husband, his brothers has been seriously chasing me around with constant treats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them. They have successfully collected some of his properties, yet they never stopped there. They told me to surrender all bank account of my late husband, which I did, but I never disclose to them this deposit with security company in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, because this where the future and destiny of my child is lying. The family of my late husband d never aware of the secret existing of this deposit and they can never aware. I and my Aicha have to leave immediately and also to look for a trustworthy person who could assist us in shipment of the consignment his/her country thus my contacting you. Consider my situation as a widow and come to our rescue, I will offer you 12.5% as a reward for assisting us as the remaining part of the money will be used for good investments in your country under your care.

May God bless you

sandra kabila

(Daugther)

- sandra kabila2005


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