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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: "kamara james" <kamara.jame@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:05:41 +0000
Subject: From: James Kamara

From: James Kamara
Residential Contact : UNHCR (CAMP SECTION- 101)
Strand Bridge House 138-142 Strand
London
WC2R 1HH1
Private Email Contact : kamara_online@yahoo.co.uk

Greetings.


CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE

I am pleased to send my compliments to you. I know that this Letter
will definitely come to you as a surprise but please do accept it
as a
request from a victim of circumstance , I Actually came about your
contact
through the internet directory as i was searching for a
reliable,trustworthy and confidential individual who can be of
aide/assistance to me.i
hope my medium of contact to you will not in any way contravane
your
ethics of better judgement. let me first introduce my humble self
and
identity.
I am JAMES KAMARA, the only (adopted) son of late former Director
of
finance,Chief Vincent Kamara of Sierra-Leone diamond and mining
corporation. I must confess that my agitation is real, and my word
is my bond in
this request. since the death of my father, his immediate family(my
supposed uncles) are trying to terminate my life because of their
sheer
wickedness and jealousy because my late father "WILLED" all his
wealth/aquisitions to my favour as the only son but they are not
happy about
this because i am an adopted child so they now see me as an outcast
who
should not be entitled to any reasonable assets in the family. now
before
my fathers death he deposited some funds amounting to $9m(nine
million
dollars) in a Foreign Bank in london(UK) because he could not safe
keep
such amount in our countrys bank because of his work status in the
government . now i have in my possesion the legal copy of my
fathers "WILL"
and the photocopies of the certificate of deposit issued to him by
the
bank on the day he made the deposit and some other vital documents
which my late father left in the custody of his personal attorney
for
safety which will enable me to claim his aqusitions and also the
funds in
london incase of his death as his next of kin. with the divine help
of
our gardner who revealed the evil plans of my uncles to me, he
managed
to help me to escape from my country home(Sierra-leone) to london
where
i am presently residing in one of the refugee camps so as to find a
way
to,transfer this money my father deposited with the bank here in
london
and start anew livelihood elsewhere and also finish my education.
it is
on this note that I am contacting you, and all I need from you is
for
you to stand as my late father's business associate and foreign
partner
who wants to assist me invest this funds in your country.Also you
will
be required to provide them with a safe offshore account where the
fund
will be lodged into after i must have claimed it from the Bank,
then we
will make an arrangement how i will come over to your country and
invest the money where i beleive that there is stability of
econonmy and
government.
i will be compensating you for your trust and assistance with 15% of
the
total sum ,afterwhich you will help me look out for a good bluchip
business where we can invest this money and run as partners ,i am
presently
interested in hotel business and real estate investment because it
was
what my late father planned to invest the money on after retirement
before he died ,so please do advice me on this accordingly. once
more i
beg you not to cheat or sit on this fund once it is transfered to
your
account because it is my only hope and means of survival; please do
contact me through my private mailbox(kamara_online@yahoo.co.uk)for
confidentiality and introduce yourself properly to enable me
furnish you with
more details in regards to this request. bear it in mind that i
have all
the documents that will enable the Bank transfer the money to any
given
account that is been introduced by me for the money transfer. i
sincerely wish that you will be my guardian henceforth considering
my age and
present situation, thanks and may the almighty lord bless you.
i await your prompt responce .

Kind Regards,
JAMES KAMARA

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