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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: Kabila Awa <awa_kabilaa3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: awakabila@mail386.com
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:33:43 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM MRS AWA KABILA


Hello dear one,

I saw your profile, i decided to send you this message, However i will
like you to read all the message I sent you, then you get back to me.

I am Mrs.awa Kabila, From Democratic Republic of Congo . There is an
information i would like you to keep very confidential, Because is what allmost my life .
There is sum amount of money my Husband (Late
President Laurent Kabila) deposited in a security company here in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire Africa
Before he was killed by his eldest military son.

The squabble happened as immediately we returned back from our London
trip. My husband married us three wives. I am the thired wife. I will
not be able to give you the full details that led to that ugly incidents
right now.

The eldest son is now the President of our country , (JOSEPH
KABILA KABANGE.) For now i and my son johnson Kabila stayed in Abidjan
the capital of Republic of Cote D'voire Africa, Just to save our life from him,
The money in question, is $17,000.000.00 Million U.S.Dollars.

I can not cleam this fund alaon, Because my husband
registered the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foreign Business Partner ) The documents of the deposit are with me.

What I will want you to do for me is to assist me stand as the foreign beneficial who my husband deposited this fund on his behalf . to enable the fund withdrawn from the bank, And we shall open an account in a bank here and loudg it
in your name, And transfer the money to your country through the account We shall replace the name foreign partner to your own name, Because
the code was used for security reason . incase of prob. I will give you 20% of the total
money for your assistance.
I will use the remaining balance of the money for an investment in your country there for our future, You e-mail me, for more
clarification,
we settled here in abidjan since then,
for the protaction of my son and my self . since our intervention remains only when my son grows and become a man of his own two .
Thanks,
Mrs.awa Kabila.


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