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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: Esther Jonkoma <jomkoma@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: jonkomaesther@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 06:02:07 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From Miss Esther Jomkoma







From Miss Esther Jomkoma
Abidjan Cote de Ivoire
West Africa
Dearest one.
Good day and how are you together with your family?
I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart.
With due respect trust and humanity, I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known or come across each other before, considering the fact that I sourced your email contact through the Internet in search of trusted person who can be trusted and assist us.

I am Miss Esther with my younger brother Jones Jomkoma. We are orphans, being that we lost our parents during the political crises in this country in the year 2010. The war has just started again, the whole World knows about this news. Of which you can bear me witness if you have been listening to BBC, CNN, CBS, FRANCE 24 and AFRICA 24, on international news about Africa.
Our father was a serving director general of SOTRA transports Cooperation until his death, a government owned transportation in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
He was assassinated by the rebel during the political crises in my country. Before his death on December 2010, he called me and informed me that he has the sum of fIVE Million, five hundred thousand dollars. ($5, 500,000.00) left in one of the security centers here in the country. He urther told me that he deposited the money at the security centre using my names and address as his next of kin and beneficiary to the money. He also gave me all the necessary but legal documents that cover this fund at the security center
I am a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do, because since the death of our father my brother and I stopped schooling for security reasons.
Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds and after the transaction I and my younger brother will come and reside permanently in your country till such a time that it will be convenient for us to handle the investment by ourselves if I so desire.
This is because our lives are in danger with the killings here and there in the city of Abidjan every blessed day, and we have suffered a lot of setbacks as a result of incessant political crisis her e in Ivory Coast.
The death of our father actually brought sorrow to our lives. I also want to invest the fund under your care because we our ignorant of business world.
I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:
1. Can you honestly help us from your heart?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account through your assistance?
Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible, Immediately I confirm your willingness, I will send to you in detail of the whole information about the fund.
Kind Regards,
ESTHER JOMKOMA

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