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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: King Kuma <ku.ma04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kingsleykuma01@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 05:17:44 +0000
Subject: Dearest one



Dearest one ATTN: I am Mr Kingsley Baker Kuma from Liberia but residing in refugee camp Accra-Ghana in west Africa due to war aftermath in my country. It is my desire to contact you on honesty and sincerity to assist me in transferring the sum of $3,000,000(Three MillionUnited States Dollars) inherited from my late father Mr. Johnson Kuma to your country for investment. I am motivated to contact you and hope to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you as I get to know you better.

I need to know if you will be willing to assistance me, First I want to know you better. I am willing to offer you $1,000,000(One Million United States Dollars) for your effort input after the successful transfer of this money. Indicate your interest towards assisting me by sending your phone # and address to me so that I can communicatewith you at any time.

I will be waiting for your response.

ThanksKingsley Baker Kuma.REPLY TO EMAIL: kingsleykuma01@myway.com

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