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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: "Mr kabila sisteraminata" <kabila_sisteraminata1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kabila_sisteraminata2@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:32:29 +0200
Subject: CRY FOR HELP


Asalamo Alekum,

It is my pleasure to acquaint you with this proposal for the purpose of
investment in your company.I am kabila mohamed & Sister aminata the
only son
& daughter of late Chief Dr Mustamin West from free town Sierra Leone.
Who
before his death was the person managing the Sierra - Leone Gold and
Diamond
Corporation( SGDC).

As a result of the political instability of Sierra-Leone, my late
father
came to Republic Of Dakar Senegal with the sum of Twenty Five Million
United
State Dollars (US$25 Million Us Dollars ) which he deposited in a Bank
here
in Republic of dakar senegal as a family treasure.

We are here seeking for an avenue to transfer this money to a reliable
and
trustworthy partner for investment programmes. We are here as a refugee
because of the political crisis in our Country Sierra Leone.Please we
have
agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum of $25 Millionunited state
dollars
for your assistance.

For now, We have every information and document needed for the
Collection of
the deposit with the Bank and we want you to Act as the beneficiary of
the
deposit for easy and smooth collection to your account abroad for
investment
purposes. Since our breadwinner is no more and this is the only hope we
have
forour future survival,Your positive response will give us the
greatestjoy
and relief.

Please we need to transfer this money urgently because delay would not
help
at all and we need to relocate based on the political instability in
this
sub-region, to enable us continue our education in one of the best
university over there in your country. Presently we cannot go back to
Sierra- Leone because of the situation there and you know that Senegal
where
we are now is politically unstable; we therefore wish you could help us
get
out of here before it become worse.

May almighty allah Bless you for your kind assistance. Contact us
faster
through our alternate email address for security reason, Here is the
mail
address Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy
and
confidentiality for security reasons.

Furnish us with the following requested information as soon as
possible.

Full name....................................
Home|office address.....................
Mobile telephone Number............
Fax Numver..............................
Occupation...............................
Nationality..................................
Position Hold...............................
Age............................................
Marital Status..............................
Country....................................
Bank account details.....................

We are Seriously waiting for your urgent reply,

Best regard.
Yours Truly Son & Daughter.
Kabila & Sisteraminata




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