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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: edward samourko <edwardsamourko9@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:03:52 +0000
Subject: USD$100Million Investment Proposal

FROM MRS KATERINA SAMOURKO


Date, 27-03-2014. *STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT.*



*Attention, The President, *



Compliments of the day to you and your family. I am writing to you with
much respect and honor to this letter, which must remain private and
confidential. I know my proposal will come to you as a surprise since you
do not precisely know me. Anyway, my mind accepted you and I believe that
this proposal will bring mutual benefit for both of us. Let me use this
medium to introduce myself to you, I am MRS KATERINA SAMOURKO the wife of
Paul SAMOURKO, the former chairman of Diamond National Mining Co-operation
and once the Director of Works and Housing before his untimely death.

My Husband associated himself with coup plotters that ousted the government
of Ahmed Tijan Kabbah and was executed including ten (10) others. As a
result of his death and uncontrollable war in my country, Sierra Leone, my
children and I decided to seek asylum in South Africa where my Husband and
his good friend MUAMAR GHADAFFI of Libya had deposited *USD$100Million
(One Hundred Million United States Dollars Only) for us.*

We now want to use this money for investment in your country since we do
not have anybody to assist us. Therefore, I am asking for your urgent
assistance to forward this money into your country using very confidential
and reliable means in which I will offer you 32% of the total amount for
your kind assistance.

However, this money is safely kept in Storage Company in Johannesburg South
Africa before my husband's death under disguise as precious items and
nobody has any slight knowledge of what is inside the box deposited with
the Storage Company. In other words, there is no risk involved and so do
not hesitate to ask questions where necessary.

All the documents covering the deposit of the money with the Storage
Company is intact with my son and myself. For more information, please
contact my son EDWARD SAMOURKO via email { edwardsamourko9@gmail.com } to
provide you with detailed information on how the transfer of this fund can
be made to your country upon acceptance.

Please your private phone and fax numbers will be mostly needed for easy
and confidential communication. I look forward to your earliest reply.

*USD$100Million (One Hundred Million United States Dollars Only).*

Best regards,
*MRS KATERINA SAMOURKO/EDWARD SAMOURKO.*

For the family, God bless you as you reply back.
E-mail, { edwardsamourko9@gmail.com }*, contact my son Mr. EDWARD SAMOURKO.*

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