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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: Raphael Kam <kimrapheal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Raphael Kam <raphael.kam2000@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 18:15:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I desire you.


Att:Sir/Madam
Am writing this letter to seek for your assistance in capital investment, I desire going into
business relationship with you as i was verified through your country
chamber of commerce & industry in our country how fast investment
move on in your country.Please I know that this letter may be a very big
surprise to you but i ask you to ready this letter and accept this
proposal with a good mine.
I
think i have to clear you that i don't have any bad intentions coming
to you with this proposal as i know that everything about the fund is
legal with me.As i mentioned earlier I have an Investment proposal to
you which our late Father planned to invest in eurozone before his death
as a result of long time ill, We inherited a total sum of (15.000
000.00 Million USA Dollard)which our late father planned to invest in
eurozone before his death.As am writing this letter to you the money
still in the foreign bank where he deposited it outside our country for a
good investment before he died. Meanwhile.i decided to contact you to
help me transfer this money out from where is deposited in a foreign
bank into your account without any error if you can.
Please if you're willing to partner with me in this issue please contact me back for more details
Finally.If your ready to help us in this issue am ready to offer you 20% as your commission from the total fund
I await your soonest response
Best regards

Master Raphael

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