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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: <ritakabbah@pobox.sk>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:46:16 +0100
Subject: review


From Mrs. Rita Kabbah.

May the peace of merciful God be with you. Please I have a problem and i decided it is good a thing to write you seeking your help. Be bless in the name of God and sorry to intrude into your privacy. I hope that this mail meet you in good sense of mind.

Please read this mail gently and try to absorb the content therein as this is not one of any such spam email you receive but i have prayed and fasted irrespective of my present predicament believing God that i shall meet the right person that will be sincere,faithful and God fearing.

My name is Mrs Rita Kabbah, I am from FREETOWN the capital city of SIERRA LEONE.I am married to late Mr.Johnson Kabbah who was a DIAMOND BUSINESS MERCHANT and died as a result of the war in my country. We were legally married and we begat only one child called Vincent. My Husband died as a result of a stray bullet during the war in our country Sierra Leone. Since his death I decided not to remarry.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten Million united states dollars(10,000,000.00)USD in one of the prime banks here in the federal republic of COTE D'IVOIRE. Recently,I was confirmed to be suffering from Cancer and the Doctors informed me that i will not last for the next many months.

Hence I decided to look for a foreign partner that will help me secure this fund in his or her custody and invest it into a risk-free venture for profit making because my son Vincent is too young and cannot handle such money so i desire a sincere God fearing person that will assist me to process and secure this money then send for my son and take good care of him as your child so that he can further his education and after his education you will give him rights to the investments and establishment you made with the money as i may not live to watch over him.

Please, contact me as soon as you receive this message if you will be able to handle this project by assuring me of your willingness and capabilities as well as your sincerity and not capitalizing on my present health Condition to betray me,respond back to me as soon as possible. Pls reply me through my private email : (ritakabbah@live.fr).

Thanks and I await to hear from you.

To God be the Glory
Mrs.Rita Kabbah.

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