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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: Kate Anabas <bella_gavin1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Kate Anabas <kate.anabas@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 20:26:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I await your urgent reply.


My Letter,

I know that this
message might meet you In utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent
need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this way for a
transaction. I'm Miss Kate Anabas, 20 years old and the only child of
late Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Des Anabas. My father was a very wealthy cocoa
merchant and politician in Cote d'Ivoire.

Before the death of my
father in a private hospital here, he secretly called me on his bed side
and told me he has the sum of Six million, five hundred thousand United
State Dollars. USD($6.500,000) in an account of fixed/suspend in a bank
here in Abidjan, Ivory Coast" that he used my name as his only child
for the next of Kin in depositing of the funds. He also explained that
it was because of this wealth that they want him dead, so he advised me
to search for a foreign partner to help me secure the fund and have it
transferred. He also warmed me to stay away from his brother to avoid
not loosing my life and the funds.

I want you to help me with the following:

(1) To provide a bank account that money will be transferred.
(2) To serve as guardian.
(3) To arrange for me to come to your country to continue my studies to obtain a residence permit in your country.

I
will offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort
after the successful transfer of this money into your nominated account.
Waiting to hear from you, please reply me if you can help me sincerely.

Thanks and God bless you.  I await your urgent reply.
Yours Sinceley,
Ms Kate Anabas

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