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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: Abdou Karamoh <abdoukaramoh@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: abdou.karamoh19@qq.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:01:47 -0200
Subject: Waiting for your response.

Good day and peace be with you,

I am Abdou Karamoh 17 years old boy from Sierra Leone,i am writing you
from refuge camp in republic of Cote d'Ivoire where i have been taking
as
refuge after the brutal murder of my parents during the war crisis in
my country.

It is Because of the war my father sold half of his property and
deposited the total sum of US$ 9million dollars in a finance firm
here in Ivory
Coast.please i want to leave here,i am seeking for your urgent
assistance to help me transfer this funds out of here to your country
for good
investment project so that i can relocate to your country to further
my education study for my good future.

Kindly reply me for more details about me.

Best regards.
Abdou Karamoh

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