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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: lindaogali@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:45:25 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20Ms=2ELinda=20Ogali=2E?=

From Ms.Linda Ogali.
ID:lindaogali@hotmail.com.

Dear respectful,

I know such letter of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.I have
decided to contact you by e-mail due to the urgency of this. Let me start
by first introducing myself properly to you.

I am Late Mr Micheal Ogali daughter, a Native of Kono District in the Northerh
province of Sierra Leone,My Father was the Controller and Chairman,Association
of Sierra Leone Gold Mining co-operation (A.S.L.G.M.C.)Freetown. I inherited
a total sum of US$6.2 Million, Which my late father deposited in A-Z
SECURITY COMPANY. I am the next of Kin as the only daugther but I'm a complete
novice and very confused over this .

Please could you assist to provide your following details as the Company
has instruted because my late father made it notice with the Company that
the box will be release to me as the next of kin. Before the peak of the
civil war between the rebels forces of major Paul Koroma and the combined
forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almost destroyed my country,following
the forceful removal from power of the civilian elected President Ahmed
Tejan Kabbah by the rebels. My father had already made arrangement for his
family thats talking about my mother and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan
the capital Republic of Cote D'Ivoire with the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, he
made with a security firm in Abidjan through the aid of U.N evacuation team.
I'm now in the Abidjan and could not return to our country since the war
has ended.

During the war in my country and following the indiscriminate looting of
Public and Government properties by the rebel forces,the Sierra Leone mining
coop, was one of the target looted and it was destroyed.My father including
other top Government functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels
because of his relationship with the civilian government of Ahmed musa
Kabbah.

As a result of my father's death and with the news of my uncle' involvement
in the air crash in January it dashed our hope of survival The untimely
deaths caused my mother's heart failure and other related complications
of which she later died in the hospital after alot of money spent on her
early last year.

But due to the circumstance beyond my father death, my mother advice me
to find a person worthy to help me in this process.However I have choose
to shift the box out side Ivory Coast so I can also come over to your country
where there is economic and government stability so I can peacefully conclude
my education.

My Names are Linda Ogali, Age 24 years old .
I have every document backing this.On hearing from you I will send you the
certificate of claim issue to my late father when he made the deposit.
Thank you,
Linda Ogali.





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