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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: Juliet Kamara <julietkamara_001@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 05:49:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: It is a real thing, Reply from Juliet


Dearest Mr. Amarjit Singh,

Thanks alot for your reply to my proposal sent to you, and i am very happy once again in my life that i have found someone who cannot betray me if my money get transferred into his bank account,i have not seen you before but i am as writing you this mail now, I beleive that God will use you to help me out from this transferring of the money problem.

Meanwhile i have to bring to your notice that i dont have any bad intentions coming to you,all i needed from you is not only the money to be transferred into your bank account but for you to be my guidian and start directing my affiars from henceforth and i am promissing you that everything you are doing with me is 100% legal and risk free.

I have to make things very clear to you because of what is happening in the international commiunty today that a lot of bad people are going around and that makes it very difficult for people like me that needed geniune assistance to be helped,but i beleive with God all things are possible.

No condition is permanent says a proverb,because if in my life someone will tell me that one that i will be looking for help of any kind i will not beleive the person,because when our father was alive everything is very complete for us,but now things has fall apart as the center cannot hold again,you can imagine eating in the palace today and the next day on the street,it is unbearable,i have deceided to reply this mail and beleive that we will not be betrayed and disappointed.

Now what i exactly want you to do for me is to help me transfer this money to a save account in your country and help me invest it in any lucreative business because i have never been into a business world before due to my age and before the death of father he advised me to look for a honest person abroad who can help me invest this money wisely for my life time investmentr because this is the only legacy he left for me as the only dauther.

Now for us to do this, i need you banking information, such as Bank name and address, account number, account name, Swift code and your private phone and fax number for easy communication as i told you ealier so that i will go and submit it to the bank here and also introduce you to them as my foreign business partner / beneficiary in order to let them transfer the money in your account.

Then after the transferring of the money into your bank account, I will then wait for you to send me some money from it so that i will be getting prepared to come over there in your country for a new life as you now and heard it day by day in CNN and BBC news about the political crisis here in Abidjan.

I hope that this message will meet you well as i have written to you with all my heart and beleiving that you will not let me down or betray the trust i am to impose on you considering my situation.

I will be waiting for your response, Thanks and God bless you and your family.

I remain yours sincerely,

Juliet.


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