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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: "Daren Carama" <daren_carama1@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: d_carama1@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:56:33 +0200
Subject: Compliments of the weekend to you and your family.


Compliments of the weekend to you and your family.
How are you doing? i do hope you are fine? if so glory be to God almighty.I got your e-mail on my search through for investment research then i decided to contact you hoping that you will be the right person to assist me and my mother on any profitable investment i want to do in your country.First and foremost,I apologized using this medium to reach you for atransaction/business of this magnitute.Let me introduce myself proberly;My name is Mr.Daren Carama,the son of Chief Montsho Carama;I am the beneficiary/next of kin of the fund.
I and my mother are living under (UNHCR ) here in Dakar Senegal as refugee.My late father (Chief Montsho Carama) was a business man;He deals on diamond and gold before his untimely death.He was killed by the rebels of (R.U.F ) and many of our properties/building were destroyed by them.
When my late father was alive he sensed of conspiracy against him and he escaped me and my mother to Dakar Senegal and later go back to Sierra Leone that is when he was killed that time the war was still going on in my country.
When he was alive he deposited his money (US$13.5Million dollars) with my name as his next of kin in a private finance company in Senegal.Presently,I want you to assist me transfer the money to your position,so that you can help us to invest it and also to help us acquire naturization statue in your country.
Please if you are intrested to help us,you will stand as my guadian/beneficiary of the money so that you can be able to talk with the security company on our behalf that you want to help us claim the fund our father put in their company before he died and transfer it to your position for me.
All the documents they security company issued to my late father on the very day he deposit the money is here with me and i will be send to you on demand.I have the authority of my mother involved that should you be willing to assist us in the process of the transfer,your share of the sum will be 20% of the $13.5 Million.
The transaction is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidential.Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Mr.Daren Carama.



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