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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: james kamara <jamaeskamara07651@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jameskamara2006@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:09:03 +0100
Subject: REPLY.


From:James KamaraResidential Contact: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)Strand Bridge House138 - 142 Strand London WC2R 1HH United Kingdom, Greetings, CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE I am pleased to send my compliments to you, I know that this Letter will definitely come to you as a surprise but please do accept it as a request from a victim of circumstance , I Actually came about your contact through the internet directory as i was searching for a reliable,trustworthy and confidential individual who can be of aide/assistance to me,i hope my medium of contact to you will not in any way contravane your ethics of better judgement, let me first introduce my humble self and identity, I am JAMES KAMARA, the only (adopted) son of late former Director of finance,Chief Vincent Kamara of Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation, I must confess that my agitation is real, and my word is my bond in this request, since the death of my father, his immediate family(my supposed uncles) are trying to terminate my life because of their sheer wickedness and jealousy because my late father "WILLED" all his wealth/aquisitions to my favour as the only son but they are not happy about this because i am an adopted child so they now see me as an outcast who should not be entitled to any reasonable assets in the family, now before my fathers death he deposited some funds amounting to $9m(nine million dollars) in a bank here in london(UK) because he could not safe keep such amount in our countrys bank because of his work status in the government , now his personal attorney has given me a legal copy of my fathers "WILL" and the photocopies of the certificate of deposit issued to him by the bank on the day he made the deposit and some other vital documents which my father left in his custody for safety which will enable me to claim his aqusitions and also the funds in london incase of his death as his next of kin, with the divine help of our Gardner who revealed the evil plans of my uncles to me, i managed to escape from my country home(Sierra-leone) and now residing under refuge here in London so as to find a way to transfer this money my father deposited with the bank in london and start anew livelihood abroad and also finish my education, it is on this note that I am contacting you, and all I need from you is for you to stand as my late father's business associate and foreign partner who wants to assist me invest this funds in your country,Also you will be required to provide them with a safe account where the fund will be lodged into after i must have claimed it from the Bank, then we will make an arrangement how i will come over to your country and invest the money where there is stability of econonmy and government, i will be compasating you for your trust and assistance with 15% of the total sum ,afterwhich you will help me look out for a good business where we can invest this money and run as partners ,i am presently interested in hotel business and real estate investment because it was what my late father planned to invest the money in after retirement before he died ,so please do advice me on this accordingly, once more i beg you not to cheat or sit on this fund once it is transfered to your account because it is my only hope and means of survival; for confidentiality please do introduce yourself properly to enable me furnish you with more details in regards to this request, bear it in mind that i have all the documents that will enable the Bank transfer the money to any given account that is been introduced by me for the money transfer, i sincerely wish that you will be my guardian henceforth considering my age and present situation, thanks and may the almighty lord bless you, i await your prompt responce , Kind Regards, James Kamara
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