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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: Raman Sule <raman_sule@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: raman2sule@mysinamail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:35:08 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From Raman Sule




>From Raman Sule

I am Raman Sule the Son of late Dr. Sule Kamara of Sierra-Leone (SA) My late father was the former Director of Finance in diamond and Mining Corporation and Gold merchant in Sierra-Leone.

My late father kept this money meant for the procurement of construction equipment for my country before his sudden death by the rebels. Regards to this, I am presently residing in Abidjan Cote D'lvoire where he negotiates on a cocoa and gold business ventures. The money deposited in one prime local bank in cote D’lvoire,($18.4)million USD.

I am residing under political asylum, I will be furnishing you as soonest I hear from you all contractual details therein in the deeds of deposit in a bank here and I hope you will Treat this as urgent and very confidence and i hope you will not betray or disappoint me as soon as the money transfer into your bank account.

I need your assurance that you are not going to disappoint me once the money transfer into your account. do contact me immediately and fill free and make it urgent, bear in mind that 16% of the total sum will be disbursed to your person inform of compensation and in case of any other necessary expense you might incurs during this transaction.

NB: Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment project in your country as soon as the money transferred into your account. Personally I am interested in estate management and hotel business, please advice me .Please don't hesitate to contact me as soon as possible and a mate of urgency.

Send your details as to enable me submit it to the bank as the foreign business partner of my late father. Full Name: Cell phone: Home Address: Age: Sex: Company Details: Occupation:

Waiting for your prompt response.
Yours sincerely,
Raman Sule,
Tel:+22503835664

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