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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: sonia1kabala@yahoo.cn
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:50:52 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Mrs. Sonia Kabala


From Mrs. Sonia Kabala

My name is Mrs.Sonia Kabala I am 25 years old, I got your contact through a family friend when I was searching for a foreign investor to present as the next of kin to my late husband. I lost my husband after one year of marriage, he is a British citizen, he has a small scale mining company at Abobo a village here at Cote d' Ivoire.when he was in the hospital he told me of 50 kilo of gold deposited with LANDMARK SECURITY COMPANY and also 12 million US dollars in a metallic box which he deposited as an art gallery with the same LANDMARK SECURITY COMPANY. After his death I tried to claim his money and property but it has been very difficult for me I have been advice to get in touch with any of his relation but I have not been able to get in touch with any of his relation due to the fact that I have not travel to his country before because our marriage was not official. I promise the manager of LANDMARK SECURITY COMPANY that I will get his relation to enable me make the claim.
Since his death the company has been close down and his workers were not paid for three months during his illness. Presently I want to work with you as the next of kin to my late husband hence I have all the necessary document to claim his property and the money to avoid the company from confiscating the fund and the gold dust. My aim and objective of making this arrangement, my private Email address. sonia1kabala@yahoo.cn

1) to pay the workers their three months salary
2) To start up with life again
3) To avoid the company from confiscating the gold dust and fund. As soon as we claim the money and the gold dust 25% of what we recover will be given to you.

I will also supply you with all information about my late husband which might be needed during this process. Looking forward for your reply after which I will give you the detail of our procedures towards the success of this claim. For any important information which might be required by you kindly contact me
yours Sincerely
Mrs. Sonia Kabala


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