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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: <kangajenny2003@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:48:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM MISS ALICE JENNY KANGA !!!.

FROM MISS ALICE JENNY KANGA.
ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST.
COTE D'IVOIRE.

APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

Alternative Email; alicekanga24@yahoo.fr

Dear Guardian,

Good day to you over there,please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into this business relationship with you.Though this letter may come to you as suprise, since you dont know me personally before, but please
kindly open your mind to help me and treat me like your own blood relation,
because it has been very difficult for me to find a sincere person to entrust on this urgent request transaction .

My names are MISS ALICE JENNY KANGA. The only daughter of late Mr. And Mrs.FRANCIS KANGA. My father was a very wealth Cocaos & Golds Merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, My father was attacked by unknown assassins during the political war crisis that going on our
country here Abidjan , Ivory Coast . My mother died when I was a baby when she was about to delivers a new baby and since then my father took me so special as only child. Before the death of my father on november 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and
told me that he has the sum of twelve Million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. USD($12.500,000) left in one of the private security/finances trust services house here in Abidjan Ivory Coast that he decleared it values as a family valuables such as Gold Jewelries and family belonging
for security reason that he used my names her only daughter for the next of kin in depositing of the fund consignment.

However, he advised me 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 such as real estate management or hotel management and also for my life safety because presently now I am not at the legal age to claim
the fund consignment.

Therefore,I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask you these few questions:-

(1)Can you help me for the retrievements of this fund on my behalf in the
security custody here and to help me to provide a bank account in which this fund would be transferred into?

(2)Can you stand as a guardian of this fund since I am only 20 years old?

(3)Can you kindly help me to make an arrangement to come over to your country to further my Education and to secure a resident permit in your country?

(4) Can you honestly take me as your own and help me?

(5) Can I completely trust you?

(6) What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible because my life is not safe here and I need to be out of here as soon as possible. Because since after the death of my father all my uncles here are always after my life, been I am only daugther and the next of kin to all the
properties then they start jealous of me and my presence here still be disturbing them and presently now I am staying with one of my childhood friends here due to lack of security to my life. That is the reason why that I quickly have my contacts with you, I want to leave here as soon as you
assist me to transfer out the said fund into any of your safe bank account in your stable country and then send me some amount out of the total funds to enable me prepare to meet with you so as for me to resides finally, finish my study and invest the money with you by your own permission and
directives. without your assistance I will find it difficult to transfer the said funds myself alone with my little experience.Please kindly let me know your plan for me and also let me know how best you can do to assist me out.

Hopefully to hear from you ASAP?

Best Regards,

Your respectful one,

Miss Alice Kanga.



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