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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: Princess Jovita Kamara <princessjovita1312@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: princessjovita.love1@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:04:06 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: From princess jovita


From princess jovita
Abidjan, Ivory Coast West Africa.
APPEAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Dear lovely one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. I after going through
your profile,I prayed over it and selected your name
among other names due to its esteeming nature and the
recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust
worthy person that I can do business with and by the
recommendation , I must not hesitate to confide in you
for this simple and sincere business .

I am princess jovita kamara the only duagther of late
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph kamara. My father was a very wealthy
cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of
Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outings on a
business trip . My mother died when I was a baby and
since then my father took me so special. Before the
death of my father on october 2006 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his
bed side and told me that he has the sum of Ten
million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars.
USD ($10,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account
in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used
my name as his only daugther for the next of Kin in
depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that
it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by
his business ssociates That I should seek for a
foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose
such as real estate management or hotel management .
Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways: (1) To provide a bank account into
which this money would be transferred to . (2) To
serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only
23years. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over
to your country to further my education and to secure
a resident permit in your country.Moreover, Dear, i am
willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/ input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your
options towards assisting me as I believe that this
transaction would be concluded within some days you
signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear
from you soon.



Bestregards,
princess jovita




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