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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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Fraud email example:

From: Fatoumata Komara <attun515@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Fatoumata Komara <attun515@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 04:36:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello dear


Dearest
Good day,  I wish to seek for your partnership for an investment in your country with my inheritance funds amount US $ 6,500,000.00 (six million five hundred thousand dollars), and I hope this message will not come to you as a surprise. I am Miss Fatoumata Komara. I am an orphan, as a result of the mysterious death of my parents. I am from Abidjan Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) and the only child of my deceased parents. My deceased father was a successful businessman who Import and Export Cocoa and Coffee before he was killed during his business trip to south Africa where he has his Cocoa Company. My mother died when i was a baby and since then my father took good care of me.

 I was studying in the University of France before i received the shocking bad news that my father has been poisoned and lying helplessly in the hospital. With shock and deep sorrows, i rushed down to our country and met my father dying slowly in the hospital. That was when my father secretly told me that he deposited the US $ 6,500,000.00 (six million five hundred thousand dollars) in a fixed suspense account in the bank and he used my name as the only Next of Kin. It is evident that my father was killed through food poisoning according to the doctor's report. The death of my father was suspected to be masterminded by my uncle who travelled with him to south Africa where my father has his Cocoa Company.  Few months after my father's death, my uncle started selling all my late father's properties to the government and threatened to kill me if i stop him from selling all my late father's properties. 

Meanwhile, I have visited the bank and confirmed the existence of the money in the bank. I have all my late father's documents related to this fund deposit. Presently, i am hiding in one of the local hotels here in my country because of my uncle. Please I need your urgent help. 

I am seeking for your urgent assistance and partnership to transfer the money to your account for an investments in your country. And i would want you to accept me in your country as part of your family.  You will take 30% as your compensation for your help to transfer the money to your account. The remaining 70% will be invested by you in a good and profitable business investment such as Real Estate, Transportation,Hospitals or Pharmacy in your country. Please help me  

I earnestly need your cooperation. 
Thanking you for your time and co-operation. 

Many Thanks 
Miss Fatoumata Komara

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