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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: Raphael Kamara <kamaraf30000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:48:25 +0000
Subject: Attention!



From Raphael Kamara
Ave 7 rue16 St. Andrew, Agboville,
Abidjan, REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE.

Good day

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web
site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other
names due to what my mind told me to me that you are a reputable and
trust worthy person I can expose my ordeal to and do business with. So
I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere
business.

I am Raphael Kamara and my younger sister Juliet Kamara, the only son
and daughter of late Mr and Mrs Vincent Kamara. My father was a very
wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory
Coast, before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on
one of their outing to discus on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 6th August 2002, my father took me special
because I am the only child and motherless. Before the death of my
father on 30th June 2012 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he
secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of
$7.500.000 (seven million, five hundred thousand US dollars) left in a
suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name
as his only child for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He
explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from
the deal they had, that he was poisoned by his business associates,
that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of
my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose, (such as real estate management).

Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To receive the money for me in your account by providing a Bank
account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a boy of 16 years and I
do not have business experience.
3) To help me come over to your country as soon as the money is
transferred to your account so that we will continue our education and
a new life.

I am willing to give you 20% of the sum as compensation for effort
input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate
account overseas. Anticipating to hear from you quick please. Thanks
and God Bless.

yours faithfully
Raphael and Juliet

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