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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: juliakey <juliakey5@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:49:26 -0300
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. I will start by  introducing myself, I am Julia Key,19 years old the Only Daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Kennedy Key, my father was a gold and cocoa merchant based in accra, ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips. before the death of my father on 19th june 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

His secretly called me o n his bedside and told me that h e has a sum of usd $7.5M ( Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U. s ), deposited in a susp ence account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan Ivory Coast, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin in depositing of the fund .

1) To assist me in retriving this money from the bank.
2) To serv e as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit in your country moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account overseas.

As soon as i hear from you i will give you the details and the contact of the bank.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.

Am waiting your reply immediate and God bless.

Regards
Julia Key
 

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