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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: "Mrs. ANITA" <anitakoro@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:55:50 +0000
Subject: Mrs. ANITA

HI Dear,

I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise, And permit me to inform you that after reading your add on net. I became interested in disclosing myself to you. I am MRS. ANITA MOHAMED KOROMA. a Sierra Leonian, I am married with four children to my late husband DR. MOHAMED KOROMA, the former chief accountant to the Sierra-Leone gold and Diamond co0peration in kenama.
In the cause of the war that happened in my country,
He was accused by Tejan Kabbas present president of sierra Leone of embezzlement and supporting the rebel leader foray Sankohs group for fighting against his government two weeks later he was assassinated with three of our children by unknown assassins on their way home on the 22nd of April 2005.
Then before his assassination he disclosed to me as the wife about a deposit he made with a security and finance company abroad for a life time investment purpose. And after his death I retrieve in his private safe and took the documents concerning the deposit, and going through the documents I understand that the money was deposited into two different places one here in Guinea. and the other one in the United Kingdom.
Then I made my way to the nearest here in Guinea with our remaining only child to avoid the reoccurrence of what happened to my husband and my three children.
Presently am in Guinea with my son as a refugee under the help of peace keeping force and unfortunately am suffering from hypertension since then till now here in Guinea.
I inherited a total sum of $18.5 million US dollars, with Gold dust reference:267 Kilos Au,99.95 percent purity, from my late beloved husband.
The money was deposited with a security company which is concealed in a metallic trunk boxes,
That each one containing $18.5m dollars in each trunk box. But he declared it as a vital belonging under
a special arrangements as deposited on behalf of a foreign partner containing African Arts for Export.
to avoid the security officials for not raising eye brows on the money.
Now having succeeded locating the areas where the two trunk boxes were deposited, I am soliciting for your assistance, to act as my partner since I and my child are the only next of kin of this deposited funds, We ask you to uplift this money in this two different areas to your account, and scout for a valuable and lucrative business, so that we can invest wisely in your country with your acting as my investment broker and partner.
We have in mind to give you 10% of the total sum of
$18.5 million US dollars, and 5 % for any expenses which you will make in course of this transaction, like fax messages, Phone calls including air tickets etc.
By this mail you are now requested to arrange on how we can move the fund quickly to your account in your country for investment.
I am awaiting anxiously to hear from you as your involvement and modalities of this transaction will be carefully discussed in our next correspondence.
NB: please threat this as highly confidential attention and with mutual understandings.
As you response to me through my private email:( )
Thanking you in advance for your kindness.
Yours faithfully
Mrs. ANITA MOHAMED KOROMA & SON.


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