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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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Fraud email example:

From: ESTHER Eich <esthereich9@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:59:38 +0000
Subject: Hello My Dear One

Hello My Dear One

I am writing this mail to you With due respect trust and humanity, i
appeal that you exercise a little patience and read through my letter.
Honestly i am writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow.
I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation, My name
is Esther eich
Kipkalya Kones, 24yrs old female from Kenya in East Africa. My father
was the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of
Home Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was
heading to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong in
western Kenya. The plane crashed on Tuesday 10th, June, 2008. You can
read more about the crash through the below
site:http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html

After the burial of my father, my step-Mother and uncle conspired and
sold my father's property and shared the money among themselves and
live nothing for me. One faithful morning, I opened my father's
briefcase and found out the documents which he used to deposit huge
amount of money in a financial/security company in Lome, Togo with my
name as the next of kin. I traveled to Togo to withdraw the money so
that I can take care of myself and start a new life. On my arrival,
the Director told me that my father's instruction to the security
company was that the money would only be released to me when I present
a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas. I am in
search of an honest and reliable person who will stand as my trustee
so that I will present him/her to the security company to release the
money for him/her on my behalf.The amount he deposited was Us$11.5m
and 125kg of Gold.

This is why i have chosen to contact you after my prayers believing
that you will not betray me. All i need from you now is to help me in
receiving the fund and also relocate me to your country because my
step mother threatened to kill me.You will also help me get a nice
university to complete my studies. I have decided to compensate you
with 30% of the total sum for your services while the rest shall be my
capital in your establishment As soon as I receive your positive
response showing your interest I will put things into action
immediately. Thanks and God bless you.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Esther eich
Kipkalya Kones,

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