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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: "Mrs.Esther koromo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev_chii@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:31:15 -0600
Subject: Dear Sir,Thanks for the help?

Beloved,
 
How are you and your family ?
 
I am Mrs.Esther koromo from Abijan,Cote d ivire.i contacted you regarding my investment plan to invest in your company in your country i ask for your assistants to help me transfer my fund to your account for my investment projects in your company via an accredited financial consultant in the person of Barrister john Alozie
 
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from INDIA. in the
person of Mr. Kumar Krisha. Presently I am in new DELHI INDIA. for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how,I am very glad God finally answered my prayers.Now contact Rev Chinenye my pastor i have issued you a check and gave it to him to send to you as soon as you contact him i told him that i will inform you to contact him because my attorney (Barr.John Alozie) went on a business trip in Canada.
 
Rev. Pastor Chinenye
EMAIL: rev_chii@hotmail.com
 
 
Ask him to send to you the BANK DRAFT I issued to you.200,000.Dollars which i kept for your compensation for the attempts to assist me in this matter.
 
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and also i want you to feel free and get in touch with my attorney a great qualified lawyer via email to know when he will be coming back to Abijan Cote Di ivire. and instruct him to assist you in case if you need his assistance for other matters note that (Rev.Pastor Chinenye) will send the BANK DRAFT to you,Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together and also i will like you to pay me a visit here, after all the suffering while i was begging your company to accept my invest project that time. in the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and MY new partner( Mr. Kumar Krisha) are having at hand, finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to Pastor on your behalf to send you the DRAFT, so feel free to get in touch with him, he will send it to you without any delay. please be informed i kept with him 200 dollars for posting fee by DHL. All you have to do is to contact him and ins
 
Yours Faithfully
 
Mrs.Esther koromo

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