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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: tony kalabi <tonykalabi59@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 07:42:22 -1100
Subject: I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Greetings

Please i am sending this mail to you with due respect and heart full of
tears since we have not know or met ourselves previously, i only hope you
can assist me to make sure that all is well with us in future. i came to
know you in my private search as a reliable person.

my name is Tony Kalabi. i am eighteen years old, the only son of Late Mr.
Desmond Kalabi. my father is a Gold business Man in Zimbabwe. when my
father was coming back from his business trip, He had a car crash that lead
him to death. but before his death he secretly told me as the only son that
he deposited one trunk box with a security company in Ghana containing Five
Million U.S Dollars with my name as the next of kin and showed me where the
documents on the deposit are kept.

i fled to Ghana to seek refugee and to locate the Security Company where
the box was deposited, on getting there i was made to understand that my
father wrote an agreement with the company that until i have a foreign
beneficiary to help me receive the box they should released the box,

This is why i need your help. i want you to help me stand as my foreign
beneficiary to receive the box, so that i can invest the funds over there
in your country and also forward my education. please if you can help me
stand as my foreign beneficiary to receive the box from the security
company. kindly write back to me, Thanks for understanding. Awaiting your
Response.

Your Faithful
Tony Kalabi
Tel: +233-208-990-603
Email: tonykalabi59@gmail.com

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