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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: "anitakalabi11@yahoo.co.jp" <anitakalabi11@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: anitakalabi@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:02:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good Day Dearest

Good Day Dearest

I am very sorry to bother you with my plight. Please know that it's not by mistake I am contacting you but by the special grace of God. My name is Anita Kalabi from Sierra-Leone.

I am 18years old and the second daughter of The late Mr {Chief.Benjamin Kalabi } presently I am staying in the Budumburam Refuge Camp. My father and I escaped from our country at the heat of the civil war after loosing my mother and two of my elder sisters and brother in the war, they were raped
and shot.
My father established his cocoa business in Accra Ghana, and he died shortly of heart attack after the death of my mother and two sisters and brother. Before his death he was hospitalized for a long time before
he finally gave up. His death has now made me orphans and i am exposed to danger.

Before the unfortunate death of my father,he called me on his bedside and reveal to me about some funds $9.5 million U.S.Dollars and gold dust which he kept inside two metallic boxes which he deposited with an Insurance and Security Company here in Accra Ghana as a family treasure
He said he used my name as his only surviving son as his next of kin to the deposit and in case he fails to make it that I should take care of myself and get someone to help invest the money for me. I have all the papers with me here and my father did not disclose the content of the two trunk
boxes to the security company to avoids the officials from raising eye brows to the funds.

Presently I have contacted the security company about my claim of the trunk boxes but the security company told me that my father made an agreement with the company management that they should not release the two consignment trunk boxes to me without a foreign partner that is why i am seeking for
your assistance to help me stand before the company as my foreign beneficiary partner to receive the trunk boxes in your country so that i can come over to meet you and continue my education.
Please help me and stand for me as my foreign partner and contact the security company tell them you are my foreign partner and because of the crisis here you want me to be with you in your country where you can
better take care of me,Please stand for me and claim the trunk boxes to your country and send for me to join you so that i can continue with my education and to invest the funds in a viable business there, i will be very glad if you can come to Ghana here to meet me so that i can take you direct
to the company.

This money can take care of me there in your country without any problem and please I need you to manage the funds for me, as this is my last hope in life. i am ready to do anything you want provided you help me. for your assistance, I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total amount of the money
and 10% for any expenses. You can kindly reach me with this email address: (anitakalabi@yahoo.co.jp)

Expecting your soonest respond.
Thank you and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Anita .k. Kalabi





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