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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: "MS. EVELYN KISWII" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msevelynkiswi01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:25:35 -0700
Subject: YOUR INHERITANCE FUND

My Dear,
 
I am EVELYN KISWII I work with central bank of Kenya Nairobi. I am 25 years old, just started work with CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA. I came across your file
which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and
certificate but the fund has not been release to you. The most annoying thing is that they cannot tell you the truth that on no
account will they ever release the fund to you, instead they let you spend money unnecessarily.
 
I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security, and how I can
run away from Kenya if I do this, because if I don't run away from this country after i made the transfer, I will be seriously in
trouble and my life will be in danger. Please this is like a Mafia setting in Kenya, you may not understand it because you are not a Kenyan. The only thing I will need to release this fund is a special
HARD Drive we call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, punch the computer to reflect
in your bank within 72 banking hours.
 
 
I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after which I will run away from Kenya to meet with you. If you are interested. Do get
in touch with me immediately,You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your
banking details, so that there won't be any mistake.For phone conversation,please call me on +254773329382
 
Regards,
 
Ms.Evelyn Kiswii

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