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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: "edith kabbah" <edithkabbah2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:06:26 +0200
Subject: From Miss Edith Kabbah.


*From Miss Edith Kabbah.
Abidjan Cote D'ivoire.*
**
*Dearest one,*
**
*With due respect and humility, I write this letter to you seeking your
assistance, it is true that we have not met before. I believe that you will
be capable and reliable to handle the proposal iam about to disclose to
you. *
**
*But before i go on i must introduce myself to you, I am Miss Edith Kabbah
22yrs and the only daughter of late Mr.and Mrs.Jonathan Kabbah. My father
was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast,
it happened that my father was poisoned to death by his business associates
on one of their outings on a business trip out of envy and jealousy and
majority of these business associates happened to be my uncles. My mother
died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. My
wicked uncles have take away everything my late father worked for and drove
me out to live the life of a refugee. I have nothing except this money. And
it has difficult situations all the way since the death my father. No food,
clothing, education, house. Iam just too tired of life but please give me
back my hope and make me have a reason to live. Iam suffering unimaginable
difficult situation here. Please save my soul.*

*Before the death of my father on November 2005 in a private hospital here
in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the
sum of ($15,500, 000M, Fifteen million five hundred thousand United States
Dollars) .*
**
*He deposited this amount in a suspense Dormicillary account in one of the
prime bank here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire. He used my name as his only
daughter for the next of Kin in depositing the money in the account.*

*He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where to help me activate the account
and transfer the fund out of here for investment Purposes. *
**
*Therefore iam humbly demanding for your assistance in transfering this fund
out of here to your nominated bank account in your country. *
*
(1) To charge of this fund until i complete my university education.

(2) To help me re-locate to your country after the transfer is done by
helping me get my international passport and other travelling documents.

3.I would want you to present yourself to the bank as my late father's
foreign partner and as the new beneficiary to the fund.

I am will be offering you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account in your country. Another 20% for every investment made with the
fund.

Would you please indicate your consent to helping me by giving me these
informations about you 1.Full names 2.Telephone number 3. Your resident
address in your country 4.Occupation.

It is important that i gets these information from you to enable me comfirm
you as soon as the bank gets back to me for confirmation.

Thanks and God bless.

Sincerely,

Miss Edith Kabbah.
*

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