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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: kelvinkerkula@ciudad.com.ar
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:05:50 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Dear Sir / Madam ,please i need your help



Dear Sir / Madam ,please i need your help


This message might reach you in utmost surprise how ever is just my urgent need for a honest person to help me handle great task for me that make me to contact you. My name is Kelvin Gideon Kerkula am from the Rep of Liberia been driven by war,presently am in the Buduburam refugee camp here in Ghana ,am the only surviving child of my late father Godwin Kerkula whom was the personal Adviser to Samuel Doe's previous administration in Gold and diamond matters as well as their safe keeping .

He also traded in gold and diamond before he was assassination by the Shanguru rebels during the Liberian civil war, after the rebels looting cash, diamonds and gold from my family house, My father was ambush by the rebels whom tortured him to the point of death for his refusal to tell them rebels were Samuel doe's treasures safe keeping his, so he was severely tortured to the point of death before he wasrushed to the hospital were he died after three days,but before he died he vividly revealed to me and my elder brother Grant,of his deposits of two consignment boxes containing US$30million each with a private security company in Ghana,this money is the money he realized from his business during his trade to Ghana, before his untimely death during the Liberian civil war,and no one knows of this deposit except me and my brother,and warned us not to disclose this issue to anyone in Africa before he died in the hospital,I got your contact from Chamber of commerce while i was searching for a trustful honest foreigner to entrust fund to and having been convinced from your profile that you are capable of handling this transaction of this magnitude for me, that is why I decided to contact You and entrust you with this great task.

My father revealed all about the deposit with the security company to me and my brother grant whom was asthma patient (who died of Asthma on the 17th of March 2014 due to poor medical attention resulting from my inability to buy prescribed drugs for him) About these deposits with this security company in Ghana before he died, when we came to Ghana after his death,we found the security company and confirmed that the two consignment boxes were still in their safe and secure custody,due to my refugee status, am not qualified to claim the deposits, so in April 29 2014, I contacted one ( Mr. James Graham ) in London to help me in claiming two of the boxes so that he will help me secure traveling document to join him in the London,and he agreed to help me, but when the first box was handed over to him, he disappeared and that is the last I heard of him, since am unable to claim the other one yet, as a result of that ,the One Consignment Box have remained under the custody of the security company in here in Ghana.

Note: that my late father deposited the money with the security company as family treasures for safe keeping that he intends to ship out of the country to one of his foreign business partner so the security company do not know that the actual content is Physical cash. What I require of you to help do for me now if it's pleases you ,to acceptance to this proposal, I will give you the contact information of the security company's director so you can contact the Director for more details of the Deposit,(I beg for your faithfulness,trust and your utmost Honesty assuring me that you will not betray me when the box is handed over to you.)

Assure that you will help Me secure documents that will enable Me to travel down to join You in your country so that I can further my education studies and live in Your country,then help me invest the money in a good Business that will guarantee My future ,because I don't have Business experience my own, Once again,all I need is Your trust, faithfulness and utmost Honesty ,assuring me that you will not betray me after the box is handed over to you.
I ATTACHED HEREWITH IS MY UN REFUGEE ID CARD,UPON YOUR RESPONSE AND ACCEPTANCE TO HELP ME ,THEN I WILL SEND YOU THE DOCUMENTS THAT MY LATE FATHER USE TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA HERE,AND THE SECURITY COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION .

FOR MORE DETAILS ! HERE IS MY ALT EMAIL:<kelvinkerkula2014@outlook.com>/<kelvingkerkula@myself.com>

I hope to hear from you soon.God bless you.

Yours Sincerely,
Kelvin Kerkula

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