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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: raphael kamara <rpk9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <kamarafamily02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:15:44 +0200
Subject: From Raphael Kamara



From Raphael Kamara
Private and ConfidentialAbidjan - Côte d'Ivoire.
My Dearest One,

Please, permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time relationship and financial transaction for our mutual benefits. It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my junoir sister,intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. I am Raphael Kamara, the only son of late Chief Vincent Kamara, from Sierra Leone. My sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you.

My father was Gold Agents in Sierra Leone.Before the death of my father on 20th February 2003 in a private hospital here in Freetown he called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$ 15million in fix deposit account in Bank here in Abidjan that he used my name as his beloved son for the next of kin in depositing the fund. And that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose.

I humbly seek for your assistance, to help us to transfer this money in your account for investment, and to serve as guardian of this fund, since we are still a student, to make arrangement for me to come over to your country to enable you plan for the investment to further my education. Thanks as you made up your heart to help an orphan like us.

1). Real estate2). The transport industry3). Five star hotel
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you. Please, I urge you to make this transaction a confidetiallity within your hearth for security purposes. I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,Raphael Kamara
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