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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: Candy Glory <candyglory123@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 20:18:07 +0000
Subject: urgent

Dearest,

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known
or come across each other before considering the fact that I sourced
your email contact through the Internet in search of trusted person
who can assist me.

I am Miss candy simone 23 years old female from the Republic of
Gambia, the Daughter of Late Major john simone. My late father was
Principal Protection Officer to President Yahya Jammeh. He died on the
19 Nov 2007 at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital following an
illness.

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am
receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of
my beloved Father. Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe, but she hid
away my international passport and other valuable documents. Luckily
she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contained
important documents. Now I am presently staying in a Refugee Camp in
Republic of Togolise. I am seeking for long term relationship and
investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum
of US$ 9.5 Million in one of the banks in Togo with my name as the
next of kin. I had contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the
Branch Manager told me that being a refugee, my status according to
the local law does not authorize me to carry out the operation.
However, he advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my
behalf. I had
wanted to inform my stepmother about this deposit but I am afraid that
she will not offer me anything after the release of the money.

Therefore, I decide to seek for your help in transferring the money
into your bank account while I will relocate to your country and
settle down with you. As you indicate your interest to help me I will
give you the account number and the contact of the bank where my late
beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin. It
is my intention to compensate you with 40% of the total money for your
assistance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable
venture which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign
investment. Please all communications should be through this email
address(koffigah23@outlook.comr) only for confidential purposes.

Thanking you a lot in anticipation of your quick response. I will give
you details in my next mail after receiving your acceptance mail to
help me.

Yours sincerely,
Miss candy.

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