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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: salomekaren1@yahoo.cn
Reply-To: anselmkaren@cantv.net
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:38:21 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: Compliment of the day



Compliment of the day
From Anselm Karen
Dear Respectful One,

Please,permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time
relationship and financial transaction for our mutual benefits.It is my
pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish
in your country.Though we have not meet before but I believe,one has to
risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

I am Anselm Karen and my younger Sister Salome is the children of late
Mr.Theophilus Karen from Sierra Leone.My sources of your contact gave me
the courage and confidence to rely on you.Our father was a naval officer
and also an Agents representing OFFSHORE GOLD AND DIAMOND SALES in Sierra
Leone.Before the untimely death of my father on in a private hospital here
in Abidjan he called me and my brother on his bedside and told us that he
has a sum of USD$15.5Million in fix deposit account in Bank here in
Abidjan that he used our name as the next of kin in depositing the
fund.And that we should seek for a reliable foreign partner in a country
of our choice where to transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose.

I humbly seek for your assistance,to help us to transfer this money in
your account for investment,and to serve as Foreign guardian of this
fund,since we are still a student,to make arrangement for our coming to
your country to further education while you manage the investment.Thanks
as you made up your heart to help an orphan like us.If you can be of an
assistance, we will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund while
the balance will be invested by you.

Please,I urge you to make this transaction a confidential within your
hearth for security purposes.

I await your soonest response via my private email (salomekaren@cantv.net)

Yours Respectfully,
Anselm Karen


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