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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: Kate Robert <kate_robert001@voila.fr>
Reply-To: kate_robert@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:03:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings from Miss Kate .
















Good day!

 I am Miss Kate
Robert, 20 years of age.  I am from Sierra Leone  but, presently in Accra,
Ghana. I  humbly need your urgent  assistance. I am looking for a reliable and
trusted person. I believe we can get acquainted; I lost both of my Parents
during this deadly Political war which thousands of innocent Souls were killed
in my country Sierra Leone West Africa. My family was among the first target of
the rebels because my Late father was a Successful  gold merchant  and also a
politician supporting the Government when the problems was about to
start.

All my family members were murdered in a cold blood and our family
house was set blazed. I was Lucky to have escaped death because I was in school
when this deadly incident took place. I then, decided to move to Ghana were my
late father had business interest when he was alive; I have in my possession a
deposit slip of $15M US Dollars, which my late father deposited in Agricultural
Development bank of Ghana, which I am the next of kin to the deposited funds.


As a refugee here i don't have any right or privileged to any thing be
it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want to go
back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic
incident that lead me into this predicaments.
On hearing from you, i will
give you further details and how best this inheritance claim could be made. I
will be happy if  you can provide me with these information: (A)Your full
names.  (B) Your contact Address  (C) Occupation  (D) Your direct phone / fax
number.

Sincerely,

Miss Kate
Robert.

















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