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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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Fraud email example:

From: Alice Kanga <kanga@hrsip.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:56:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MISS ALICE JENNIFER KANGA.

FROM MISS ALICE JENNIFER KANGA.
ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST.
COTE D'IVOIRE. WEST AFRICA.

APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

Greetings!

I am delighted to write to you. Please I am very sorry if this my proposal come to you as surprise since we don't know each other before. But I just felt like emptying myself to confide in you toward this mutual transaction . As I am faced with total frustration and hardship life here since after the death of my parents. My Earnest prayer is that you find this my proposal in good health and blessings. Though we don't know each others before but I founds your contact recently in the internet here while searching for a reliable & trustworthy someone who i can confide in this mutual transaction. I don't know you before but I believe that a human being has to take risk sometime to confide in succeeded in life . Therefore I will like to entrust this matter unto your care hope without any disappoint in the near future.

To introduces myself . I am Miss Alice Jennifer Kanga .... I am 20yrs old... 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 Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) in West Africa. My father was poisoned to death by one of his business associates in 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 my father died in the private hospital here , he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of (US$8.5M) (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) left in one of the private security company's custody in Abidjan Ivory Coast , he explained to me that the funds was packaged in one Metal Trunk box and it's values was registerred & labelled as a family valuables , such as Gold, Jewelries and personal effects , it wasn't
disclose as money for security reason according to my late father, The my late father said that he used my names her only daughter for the next of kin in depositing this box with this private security company's........

Furthermore, my father explained to me that he knew that he was poisioned by his business associates because of some money they owed him , therefore that he advised me that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice to assist me to claim and transfer the box out of our country for the safety of my life and also to invest the money in any viable business venture such as real estate or hotel management , because presently now i don't access to claim the box yet due to the condition of depositing the box with this security company's here. Unless I have a foriegn guardian like you who can stand for me...... As soon as you help me transfer the consignment to your care , then i will immeiately start planing on how to leave here for your country to resides finally, continue my education and also to invest the money with you by your supports and directives. I am really in needs of your urgent help despirately both morrally , physically
and financially because without your great of helps then I am incapacity to do anything now....

Moreso, once the box have been successfully shipment to you in your country, then i promised to offers you 20% and another 5% will be maps out for your both local and international expence you may likely incure during the transfer of the box to your in care , then rest 75% will be for mine for establish a business in your country, which you will still participates in it's returns profits...

Please get back to me if you are willing to assist me out, because presently now my life is in dangers here and not comfortable.

Hoping to read back from you for urgents.

Yours Sincerely !

Miss Alice Kanga.


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