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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: "THOMAS KAMARA" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:20:12 -0800
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASISTANCE TO STAND AS MY BENEFICIARY

Dear Sir/ Madam,

How are you and your entire family? Hope all is fine. If so glory be to Almighty Allah. I know my message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, it's just my urgent need for a foreign beneficiary or partnership that made me to contact you the first place.

I am contact you regarding my late father deposit in a bank in united state of America, i want you to understand that I am Thomas Kumara from Mali. I lost my parent in the Mali crises on a very bad day which I don’t want to remember. After the death of my parents, one faithfully morning when I was arranging our house, I saw a file.

As I go through the file, I notice that there was a particular document stating that my late father deposited 15 kg of bar Gold and the sum of $4.8 Million United State Dollars in a bank in united state of America which I am the next of kin. the united Nations take us to a country call Ghana as a refuges

It takes me great pains to write you this mail, because I know all my life is upon Almighty Allah.

I am presently in Ghana, under the united Nations refugees Camp, I made a contact with the bank where my late father deposit the funds in the state i made them understand that my late father death in the Mali war and I was advised to come up with a foreign beneficiary or partnership who can stand to help claim and receive my inheritance money and will agree to invest my money with me before they can release my inheritance money to me through my beneficiary or partnership that i will present to them.

They said the reason is that my late father entered a bond with them not to release the money to my mother or I without foreign beneficiary or partnership that will help invest the money. So I seek your consent to present you to the bank in the state as my foreign beneficiary and partner.

Please, I want you to adopt me and my inheritance money. Please help my situation, I am begging you for your humanitarian assistance and support to claim and receive my inheritance money in your country, please find a place in your heart to help me, let me leave Africa to put my head in a safety place. So I can live a peaceful life. Please, I am crying begging you with the name of God, while writing you this letter, please help me. I want to leave here to meet with you for life establishment investment and forward my education in your country.

All that I needed is your willingness, honesty, trustworthy, humanitarian support and transparency both in business and in spirit with your loyal co-operation to enable receive my inheritance money go through.

I contacted you after seeking for divine connection from God. Well, I choose to reach you through this medium, because it is not only the fastest, but also it eliminates the distance that separates us.

Please read carefully and get back to me. I want you to reply me for this preposition.

Your's Truly.
Thomas kamara.

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