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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: "Dr.Phillip Kama" <"Phillip."@eagle.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.Phillip Kama" <phillipkama01@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:17:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention can i trust you about this matter $9.100,000 Million USD?

Hello,

I am Dr.Phillip Kama from Centrale Afrique working with UBA an accountant to Mr.Abba a native of your country who died in auto crash.

I'm here to inform you that after several attempts to locate any of my client relatives, family members since 2013 practically proved abortive, I am delighted to locate you. I found you bearing the same family name with my client. I will like us to discuss about my client finances worth $9.100,000 USD with us. I am seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin to my client so that his fund will be transferred to your account. You will get 70% for your participation to secure the fund,while 30% will be for me.

Therefore, considering the money involved, it is necessary for me to be sure of the person to whom I will be entrusting this transaction, precisely the Funds, and I need to be sincerely convinced that you are a matured person with some integrity and capable to a stage. However, I know that you do not know the nature of this transaction and I am sure you have not done this kind before. Therefore forward to me the bellow information for proceedings:

1) Your Full Name:
2) Full address:
3) Telephone:
4) Occupation:
5) Age:
6) Country

Yours sincerely,
Dr.Phillip Kama

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