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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: "Caroline Akum Ms" <caroline_samuel233gh@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: caroline_samuel@cantv.net
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:42:32 -0000
Subject: Greetings from Miss Caroline

Good day,

Greetings to you, with warm heart I offer my friendship, and I hope this
mail meets you and your family in good health. Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains one of the fastest medium of communication.

I came across your profile and have decided to get in touch with you, to
see if you can help me solve my problem as I believe, one has to risk
confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life considering the
situations the person finds his or her self.

My name is Caroline Samuel Akum The daughter of (Late Dr. Samuel Duke
Akum) who lost his life in the cause of the crisis in Cote d Ivoire in
2004 with my mum on there way to the company, Duke Food Plc. My father
willed in cash, the sum of $10.8 Million US Dollars which he deposited in
a Finance House in Accra Ghana in West Africa, with enabling conditions
for the release of the funds which are as follows:

(1) That I must be 25 years or above to have full access of the deposit.

(2) That if any situation warrants that I may need the funds before the
said age, I have to present to the bank a reliable foreign
guardian and Trustee that will receive and invest the funds on my behalf.

(3) That upon request for the release of the funds, there must be evidence
of investment intentions especially outside the West Africa.

I contact you therefore to stand as my guardian and Trustee since I am not
yet 25 and now in a very difficult situation that I cannot wait to get to
the said age because I may die before that time comes, due to hardship and
no one to assist me over here.

Please absorb me in partnership in your company or possibly advise me on
any investment opportunity in your country to invest the funds and also
assist me with the necessary traveling required documents to come over to
your country for the investments and to further my education.

I am sincerely waiting for your urgent response as soon as possible.

Kindly respond through this Email: (caroline_samuel@cantv.net)

Thanks for expected cooperation.

My regards,
Caroline S. Akum

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