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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: kelechi kamara <kelechikamaragyu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kelechi_kamara2001@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 22:25:06 +0100
Subject: FROM KELECHI KAMARA

FROM KELECHI KAMARA
UNITED NATION ASSYLUM CAMP
TOGO LOME AFRICA
Dearest One,
After going through your profile,I became interested in disclosing
everything about myself to you.i am interested in long term
elationship.i am the only child of late Mr KAMARA,A produce merchant
of Sierra Leone, who was assassinated by the RUF rebels on the 16 of
April 2013.Unfortunately my mother died for hypertension three week
later here in TOGO LOME and before then my mother has already advised
me to look for a person abroad who will assist me by fronting as the
foreign partner to my father on whose behalf he deposited the sum of
$10.500Million.This money was deposited with a Security Trust Company
here in TOGO LOME ,it was deposited for a foreign business with his
partners. Now that i am in TOGO LOME and verified the deposit, i need
your assistance to help me to claim this money out,for investment in
your country.I ask you to scout for a valuable and lucrative business
so that both of us can invest wisely, apart from the relationship. I
have in mind to give you 20% of the total and 5% for any expenses
which you may incure in course of this transaction.By this mail you
are now requested to arrange on how this money will be claimed into
youraccount by sending your details information like telephone and fax
number with your full name information deatils so that the procedure
will be faster.Waiting for your response Yours sincerely
KELECHI KAMARA

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