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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?kamara=20benson?= <kamarabenson8@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: kamarabenson1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:30:35 +0530 (IST)
Subject: frombenson kamara


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: kamarabenson8@yahoo.co.in

FROM: benson Kamara

Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire

West Africa.



Dearest one,


This letter was borne out of my sincere desire to establish a business/mutual relationship with you to invest in your country. I got your contact while I was making a research in liberary and i have the believe that you will be relaible after going through your profile.



My name is Mr. Benson Kamara the son of Chief Erick Kamara (the former

deputy minister of finance under the ousted civilian government) who was killed and mutilated by the military junta led by Major, Paul Koroma after over-throwing the elected government of President Tijan Kabba.



Though, I do not know what extent you are familiar with events and disturbances in Sierra-Leone but the pressure of war drove me and my sister out of Sierra-Leone into exile in Abidjan where we have been living under political asylum for 3 years.Sadly, my mother died of cancer 6 months ago and was buried in Abidjan.



Prior to her death, she handed me over a certificate meant for a secret deposit, which my father made in a security company here in Abidjan.



The deposit that is worth of $7,000,000.00 (Seven million U.S Dollars) was money paid to his corporation by its overseas customers in the heat of the conflict. He made the deposit in his name with the hope of converting it to his personal use at the end of the war but was killed when the conflict intensified as a result of his opposition to the rebel forces.

I have contacted the Security Company to confirm the deposit and establish

ownership. Due to the death of my mother and the return of peace in Sierra-Leone, I have decided to solicit for the participation of an honest and trustworthy person or company that will assist in the transfer and business re-investment of the money. I cannot do it alone due to my present social status and total ignorance of the business

world.



You will be given a negotiable percentage of the money at the end of the transaction. If you are interested in the above proposal, contact me immediately through the email address indicated above for more details. You must maintain absolute confidentiality to ensure success. Please,indicate

your personal Tel/Fax numbers. when replying by email.





Best regards,

Mr.Benson Kamara








- kamara benson


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