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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: "linda ogali" <linda.ogali27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: linda.ogali@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:31 +0100
Subject: From Linda Ogali,

Dear Respectful,

I have just gotten your contact from my late father Directory Mr Micheal
Ogali a Native of Kono District in the Northerh province of Sierra Leone,He
was the Controller and Chairman,Association of Sierra Leone Gold Mining
co-operation (A.S.L.G.M.C.)Freetown.I inherited a total of US $4.2 Million,
Which my late father deposited in a SECURITY COMPANY .I am the next of Kin
as the only daugther but i'm a complete novice and very confused over this
..Please could you assist to provide your following details as the Company
has instruted because my late father made it notice with the Company that
the box will be release to me as the next of kin.

Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of major Paul
Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almost
destroyed my country,following the forceful removal from power of the
civilian elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels. My father had
already made arrangement for his family thats talking about my mother and
myself to be evacuated to Abidjan the capital Republic of Cote D'Ivoire with
the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, he made with a security firm in Abidjan through
the aid of U.N evacuation team.I'm now in the Abidjan and could not return
to our country since the war has ended.
During the war in my country and following the indiscriminate looting of
Public and Government properties by the rebel forces,the Sierra Leone mining
coop, was one of the target looted and it was destroyed.My father including
other top Government functionaries were attaked and killed by the rebels
because of his relationship with the civilian government of Ahmed musa
Kabbah.
As a result of my father's death and with the news of my uncle' involvement
in the air crash in January it dashed our hope of survival The untimely
deaths caused my mother's heart failure and other related complications of
which she later died in the hospital after alot of money spent on her early
this year.

But due to the circumatance beyond my father death, my mother advice me to
fined a person worthy to help me in this process.
However i have choose to shift the box out side Ivory Coast so i can also
come over to your country where there is economic and government stability
so i can peacefully conclude my education.
My Names are Linda Ogali I'am Age 22 years old .
I have every document backing this.I wait to hear from you .
Thank you
Linda Ogali

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