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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: Marina Kamara <marina.kamara1@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <marina_kamara@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:47:13 +0200
Subject: Greetings



Dear sir,

I am Miss Marina Kamara, the only Daughter of late Mr. Hassan Kamara. My father was a very wealthy Gold and Cocoa Merchant,my father was poisoned by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip which he died after a brief illness in the hospital.

Before the death of my father he secretly called me to his bedside and told me that he has the sum of US$8.5M(Eight million five hundred thousand united states dollars) left in one of the prime Banks, he gave me the Deposit Receipt which he used to deposit the fund together with the full contact information of the bank where the fund is deposited and adviced me to search for a reliable person who will help me for the investment of the fund.

Please I am honourably seeking your assistance to help me transfer this fund to your account and invest it in any lucrative business of your choice then make arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my Education.

Please I am waiting anxiously for your urgent response. Thanks and God bless you. Best regards, Miss Marina Kamara
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