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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: "k. omani" <omks01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:39:06 +0000
Subject: PLEASE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW....IF

Dear Sir/Ma,

I rejoiced greatly that I have found your contact in truth.

Permit me to introduce my self to you with this mail. my names are kwa omani
kabar, the son of late omani kabar his Nephew and adviser to president
Tijan kabar of Sierra Leone. My father is from lofa county, sierra leone. my
father was made board member of the west Africa gas pipe line project so he
his always in Accra Ghana which is the project head quitter of the project
and always come to free town to feed the president with contract news. Has
a member of the board of the West Africa gas pipe line project president
Tijan Kabar made some deal with him and gave him some money to deposit in a
bank in Ghana which he did long time ago. and return to free town the
capital city of sierra leone it was then that the lord reseated rebel storm
free town and my father was among those that was killed in the presidential
palace shotout.

I am sending this message from bumjobora refugee camp to you. My father
before his death he deposited the sum of $37 million u.s dollars and 15kg
of diamond and 5kg of gold with a security company here in Ghana, after his
death I got to know of this through one barrister who assisted him during
the time of depositing this consignment box. Because I am the next of kin
the barrister have to search for me in the camp and fined me. He told me the
story are my father deposited the consignment box and give him the document
and when he heard of my father death he deciside to look for me in the
refugee camp.

I am seeking for your help to assist me pull out this consignment box from
the security company and transfer it to your country, and invest it in your
country in any profitable investment you know. If you can assist me I will
give you 30% of the fund and diamond . After the consignment box have been
transferred to you in your country.
Please, if you are very interested I can send you the document in which my
father use in depositing this consignment . So that you can contact the
security company on my behalf as a business partner of me who want to help
transferred the fund for a very good investment. you can send me your
private e mail address so that we can talk more of it.

I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this fund in your country
in a very best business you know of. before the death of my father he always
telling us that if we grown up we should not invest big money in africa due
to market instability facing african countries that is wise we invest in
europe and america/canada.
i will like to tell you that this transaction is hundrew% free without any
goverment interference.
you can contact me back through my EMAIL address
thanks.
kwa omani kabar

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