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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: Daniel Kokoma <danielkokoma@yahoo.no>
Reply-To: daniell.kokoma@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:40:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Please find space in your kind heart to assist me.


Please find space in your kind heart to assist me.
>From Daniel Kokoma / Address: Rue De L'Lndustrie,Zone
01 BP 4222 ABJ 01, Abidjan -Côte d'Ivoire

My Dear,

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you,but it is with bleeding heart and deep pains that led me in taken this bold step of faith to reveal this private information to you without knowing who you are, but I believe after reading this letter, you would find space in your kind heart to assist me out of my dark tunnel.

Do kindly go through this letter because it means my life, I was only 9 years old when my mother died of leukaemia,disease of the blood,and my father never remarried until after 5 years because of the painful death and also for his love for my late mother.My father took good care of me as his only child because the second wife could not conceive, reason best known to her and my father.

On the 10th of December 2006 to be precise, my father,his driver,and my step mother were all shot dead by unknown men suspected to be assasins around 10 pm local time to visit his business associate.That fateful day my father,step mother and the driver were lying in the pool of their own blood after being shot 3 times each, I could never find enough and right words to explain uptill this very day,the memories that leads me into constant tears and pain,even as I am writing this letter to you, has not been the same.

My late father was dealing with exportation of crude oil,Gold and Diamond to the western world, which I believe was the cause of his death,arising from jealousy and hatred from relatives and business associates as a result of his success and achievements in his field of business. Now my only hope,is to leave this country and travel to another country in any of the western world were I am not known to start a new life again because at present age of 21 yrs old, I can no more bear the pains of this great loss in this environment.

Meanwhile, my late father deposited the sum of ($ 9,000,000.00) Nine Million United States Dollars in a safe keeping house which I will want you to help me move out of this country because of the war here. But the safe keeping house does not know the true content of the trunk box to be cash as my father declared upon deposit as containing family valuables.

If you are sure and honest that you are not going to take advantage of an orphan like me,just like my uncles have done to me because of not releasing my late father vital business documents to them.Please kindly get in touch with me urgently for more details on how to proceed. I am totally frustrated that my whole mind for now lies on my survival which is securing this money.Please I am confiding completely in you and I really need your assistance at this point of my life.

Thanks for your kind anticipated positive reply.
Your's Faithfully
Daniel Kokoma


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