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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 olive kamara <olive.105@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: olivekamara_1955@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:31:29 +0200
Subject: My Freewill donation


beloved one,


greetings in the name of our lord . i am mrs olive kamara from switzerland (a
widow) . married to late coulibaly kamara , who hails from kuwait . i am now
fifty six years old and a new convert suffering from long time cancer of the
breast . from all indications , my condition is really deteriorating and it is
quite obvious that i wont live more than two months , according to my doctor .

this is because the cancer has gotten to a very worst stage . my late husband
died last three years and during the period of our marriage we could
not produce
any child . my late husband was very wealthy . after his death , i
inherited all
his businesses and wealth . the doctor has adviced me that i may not live for
more than 2 months . so i now decided to devide the part of my
inheritance . to
contribute to the development of churches in africe , america , asia
and europe
. i selected you after visiting your profile and i prayed over it before
contacting you .

i am willing to donate the sum of $ 5,000,000 ( five million united states
dollars ) to the less privileged . please , i want you to note that
this fund is
lying in a bank in abidjan . once i hear from you , i will forward to you all
the informations you will use to get this fund rel
eased from the bank and to be transfered into your account .


Yours in the lord
olive kamara
olivekamara_1955@yahoo.co.jp





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