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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: "julliez kagema" <julliez26kagema@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: j_kagema@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:03:58 +0000
Subject: Please I Beg You Pardon Dear Friend

My dear how are you,

 

It is with strict confidence and trust that I wish to contact you seeking for your assistance to  help me out of my situation right now please this is urgent matter am seriously in need of your  assistance I mean your finacial help.I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database in your country though I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events Well,

 

I am Mrs Jullie Ayedema Kagema, From Ivory Coast please kindly accept my apology for sending this unsolicited mail to you.please my dear I want you to consider me consider my situation and consider what will be my happiness.

 

I am a widow being that I lost my husband a couple of some years ago.My husband was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death,  He was  assassinated in january 2005 by the rebels following the political uprisng before his death, in  his life time he made a deposit in the security company here in Cote d'Ivoire  the sum of (U.S  $7.5 million dollars) and whereby that the security company do not know the contents of the box is money and all they know is family treasures,

 

because the time my late husband made the deposit with them what he told them and also told them that the consignment will be shiping to his foreign associate in oversea.my dear I must tell you ever since I lost my husband things is not longer that easier for me like as it is before,

 

secondly as my late husband was assassinated by his business partners am afraid I think am not safe anymore here am know longer feeling happy with my country due to the assassinated of my late husband they may come after me that's my reason of asking for your assistance I mean your financial surpport to enable me take away all that I have here and live this country and all I have here now is this money that is the only hope I have. the most easiest thing that I can take for now,

 

please I want you to do me a favour to receive this consignment as my late husband foreign associate in oversea in your country, so when everything is over, I will come over to your country with my only son Kevin by name and make use of it.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried considering the fact that we did not know nor met eachother before,

 

but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.I have plans to invest this money in your country, like real Estate and Industrial production, that is my reason for writing to you.Please if you are willing to assist me and my only son,please kindly indicate your interest in replying soonest, I am ready to offer you 20% of the total money.please try and get back to me as quickly as you can via email furnished above for more clairifications

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Regards Madam Jullie Ayedema Kagema



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