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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: Miss Alice Kanga <kangajenny2002@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: jenniferkanga9@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:33:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM MISS ALICE JENNIFER KANGA.

ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST.
COTE D'IVOIRE.

APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.


Dearest One,

Greetings! I am delighted to write to you. I am very sorry if this my mail may come to you as an embarrassing or surprise, I just felt like emptying myself to you, and to confide in you, as I am faced with total frustration and hardship life here. My Earnest prayer is that you find this
my mail in good health and blessings. Though we don't know each others before but it is by the grace of God that I found your contact recently in the internet while searching for a reliable & trustworthy someone who I can confide on in this transaction, because it has been very difficult for me
to confide in someone I don't know in this kind of matter . But I will like to entrust this matter unto your care without any disappoint in future.


To introduce myself I am Miss Alice Jennifer KANGA. The only daughter of late Mr. And Mrs.Francis KANGA. My father was a very wealth Cocoa & Gold Merchants in Abidjan, the economic capital of our country Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) in West Africa. 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 two years old during her childbirth and since then my father took me so special as only child . Before the death of my father on november 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 (US$12.500,000) (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) left in one of the private security company custody here in Abidjan Ivory Coast and that it was packaged as Consignment box that he deposited & decleared it's values as a
family valuables such as Gold, Jewelries and personal effects for security reason that he used my names her only daughter for the next of kin in depositing this consignment with this private security company's here..


However, Before he finally gave up he explained to me that it's because of this wealths he was poisoned to death that he advised & instructed me that I should seek for a foreign guardian 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 for the safety of my life, because presently now I am not at the legal age to inherrit the consignment unless I have a foriegn guardian like you who can stand for me due to the condition of depositing of the consignment with this company here.

Therefore,I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask you these few questions:-

(1) Can you help me for the retrievements of this Consignment box on my behalf in the security company custody here and to help me to provide a bank account in which the fund therein would be transferred into?

(2) Can you stand stand for me as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19 years old?

(3) Can you kindly help me to make an arrangement to come over to your country to further my Education and to secure a resident permit in your country as soon as you confirm the funds into your bank account?

(4) Can you honestly take me as your own and help me out?

(5) Can I completely trust you?

(6) What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your possesion?

Please kindly consider this and get back to me as much as you can because my life is not safe here now, firstly due to the present situation of our country and secondly since thereafter the death of my father all my uncles here are always after my life, been I am only daugther and the next of
kin to all the wealth & properties then they started jealous of me and my presence here still be disturbing them , presently now I am no longer in my father's house again I am hiding myself in premises of one the churches here due to lack of security to my life. That is the reason I quickly have
my contact with you now if you could help me out, I want to leave here for your end as soon as you assist me to transfer out of this my fund inheritances into any of your safe bank account in your stable country and then you send me some amount of money after recieving it to enable me prepare to
meet with you to resides finally, continue my education and also to invest the money with you by your own permission and directives. I am really in needs of your urgent help despirately both morrally , physically and financially, because without your great of assistances then I don't have any
capacity here to do anything here and I will find it difficults to claim the said funds myself alone with my little experience & age . Please kindly let me know if you are interested in this matter and also let me know how best you can do to assist me out. This is real legal and geniue you don't
have anything to be doubt or afriad in it as all the proofs are in my possession.

I am hoping to hear back from you in time.

Thanks & Regards,

Miss Alice Kanga.






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