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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: Mrs Fatimata Camara <mrscamaraf@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: camaraazizi@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings From Camara Family,



Greetings From Camara Family,
=A0
My Dear,
=A0
I hope you will acknowledge this mail in good faith, believing you are hone=
st and trust worthy person. I believe you will not betray the confidence we=
are willing to repose in you, for me to have contact you even though we've=
not met or known each other before.=20
=A0
I am Azizi Camara, a citizen of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire. I am contact=
ing you because I & my mother need your help to solve a family problem. My =
mother & I need your help to help us as a beneficiary to collect our family=
funds from a Finance & Security Company.
=A0
My late Father, Mr. Hassan Camara, was the chairman Cacao-Cafe & Agro-Alime=
ntary industries plc. SCAFECAO)"Bouake and also one of the personal adviser=
s to the former head of state during the Military regime. You can find the =
story on this website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm=20
=A0
On 19th of September 2002, a group of so called rebels took over the city o=
f Bouake to over-throw the Government of Mr. Laurent Gbagbo the President o=
f Cote D' Ivoire. On the 20th day morning at about 4:18 am some fractions o=
f the same group of rebels break into our house and killed our security gua=
rd and pass-through the gate entrance to the main building and took my Fath=
er away to an un-known destination. After about four hours later we found h=
im, my father at the road side, by then he had been totally beaten and was =
bleeding to death lying in the pool of his own blood.=20
=A0
From there, we rushed him to a near by hospital and hours later he sent for=
my mother. So he told my mother that he can not make it from the doctors d=
iagnosis, he also told my mother that it was because he my father was from =
the northern part of the country that he has been treated this way and also=
being a political activist.
=A0
And again he said he is suspecting some of his business partners for conspi=
racy and this sort of brutality. He also told my mother that he deposited a=
huge amount of money i.e. US$ 10.5 million dollars (Ten million five hundr=
ed thousand us dollars only) in a Finance & Security Company and also told =
my mother where he kept the whole documents concerning this deposit that is=
made for investment purpose in the western world.=20
=A0
That same day, he my father gave up the ghost. Then with the help of the Fr=
ench soldiers, I and my mother escaped to Benin Republic where we are under=
(UNHCR). Since the death of my father, I & my Mother, we have been unable =
to collect the deposit, we have been in contact with the Finance & Security=
Company to know how they shall release / transfer the deposit to us, they =
made me & my mother to understand that our status as refugee will not warra=
nt them to deal with us directly, the Finance & Security Company wants us t=
o present a foreign beneficiary, so the advice me and my mother to look for=
person of our choice who will stand on behalf of us as the beneficiary to =
make the transfer of the deposit on our behalf.=20
=A0
Meanwhile, I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign=
personality to help me & my mother transfer the money over, Please help us=
as a beneficiary to transfer the funds from the Finance & Security Company=
to your Country.=20
=A0
The amount involved is US $10.5 million dollars (Ten million five hundred t=
housand us dollars only)
=A0
I am now contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy to assist =
me and my mother to receive the money into your Country for our relocating =
and investing the money into any lucrative business you deem profitable the=
re in your Country.=20
=A0
All my hope now rests on you, I sincerely believe you will not disappoint m=
e, I will forward to you the contact of the Finance & Security Company. I &=
my mother decided to compensating you with 20% of the total amount for you=
r assistance while we shall go into join Investment in your Country under y=
our management, Please do take your time to go through the mail and get bac=
k to me, so that I will simply introduce you to the Finance & Security Comp=
any where the fund is being kept for onward transfer.=20
=A0
Please kindly reply through my private/personal E-mail: camaraazizi@yahoo.c=
om or mrs_fcamara@hotmail.com=20
=A0
I am waiting for your response via there and shall give you the whole detai=
ls=A0=A0=20
=A0
Have a nice day,
Azizi Camara & Mother (Assalamoalaykum).=0A=0A=0A

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