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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: SAMUEL AND GLAD KALMA <samuelkalmay77@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: <samuelkalmag777@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:38:54 +0100
Subject: PLEASE WE NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE...



--
Greetings,

Good Day and God bless you as I introduce myself to you with all faith
and hope you will understand us and not to betray us at the end or let
us down.

My name is SAMUEL and my sister's name is GLAYS KALMA, I am 17 years
old, we are from republic of Sierra Leone, but we are resident in
Abidjan Cote D’ivoire,

our father died years ago in our country MENDE, Republic of Sierra
Leone, He was into legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining
sealing which was under his positions in government then, and he has
succeeded in saving (US$9.500, 000.00) Nine Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars, during our late father’s business on
legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining selling he went on a trip
to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire nearby country to our country to save his
money for security reasons because of the political problems in our
country, as our father return back to our country Unfortunately he is
dead the rebels kills him and I will not want this money to be kept like
that without any investment purpose please we are contacting you with
full trust to assist and help us to transfer this money out from here to
your country for investment purpose hoping that you will not let us
down.

After the death of our father my mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast
here we are right now and our mother died here in Ivory Coast in a
private hospital because of the injuries she sustained when the rebels
attack our parents now we are alone in a totally strange country without
parents at our tender ages.

Before our mother's death she advice us that we should do praying and
fasting to find a trust worthy person who will help us to stand as our
late father’s foreign business partner, who would help us to transfer
this money to his account and invest it in a profitable business venture
in his country and also help us to come over to his country and stay
with him as his own blood children and continue our education which
terminated because of the war in our country, She told us to do this
quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast and then settle down in abroad
because of the political problems here now in ivory coast.

Our mother gave us all the vital documents which covers the deposited
money in the bank, she told us that our late father reached an agreement
with the bank that this money is for onward transfer to a foreign
account to any of his foreign business partner but our late father did
not introduce any name to the bank as his foreign business partner, that
is why we are contacting you to help us to stand as our late father’s
foreign business partner so that the bank will transfer this money
US$9.500,000.00 million to your account, our father used my name as the
only son to deposited the money as next of kin. Our mother made us to
know that this is the reason why we run to this country Ivory Coast. My
mother died after words May her spirit rest in perfect peace.

We have visited the bank to make inquires on how to transfer this money
out from here and the bank director assured and promised to help us to
transfer this money to any of my late fathers foreign business partners
immediately within 72 working hours as soon as i provide my late fathers
foreign business partners details to the bank, he also said that my
father did not introduce any name to the banks as his foreign
business partners that i should submit my late fathers foreign business
partners details to the bank, he also told us that our late father
reached an agreement with they bank that the money is for onward
transfer to a foreign account and entered my name as the next of kin. he
pleaded that I should look for any of my late fathers foreign business
partners in abroad who will help us to transfer this money out of here
to his account.

We need help from you to help us submit your name to the bank as our
fathers foreign business partner and transfer this money to your account
for investment purpose and be sincere to get travailing papers for us
and invite us to your country without cheating us or doing bad to us on
our arrival with my younger sister.

Regarding to our late mother advice, I'm willing to give you 20% of the
money after the transfer of the money and 5% extra for any expense you
incurs in this transaction and you will use the rest to invest it in
good business, I am interested in any profitable business or commercial
venture which you consider very good in your country or abroad to invest
this money, please mail us immediately urgent to know your stands before
looking elsewhere, because you're the first person we are contacting and
also send your phone number as soon as possible for easier
communication's.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your own person?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. Hope my percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as
possible.

Please for security reasons reply to our privet Email Address
(samuelkalmag77@yahoo.fr), please you can call us with this number
immediately as soon as you received this mail (+225-086-959-44 ) for
more information.

Yours Sincerely,
Samuel and Glad Kalma


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