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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: "Ms. Kanga," <alnkanga@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Ms. Kanga," <ablegirl2017@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:49:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Urgent Proposal from Miss Sandra Kanga.


 Hello,
   In first place, I am very sorry for my inconvenience. My name is Ms. Sandra Kanga, the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kanga, I am from Abidjan, Ivory Coast in West Africa, and I am 20 years old, an orphan child. I am writing you to seeking your urgent help for claiming the funds that I inherited from my late parents, and to help me invest it in your country, the said funds the total amount of  (US$5.950Millions) (Five Million Nine Hundred & Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only). was kept in one metal box and was deposited as Consignment in a private security house here in Abidjan, Ivory Coast by my late father’s for safe keeping, and the value of the box was registered and declared as family valuable and personal effects for security reason, the reason of my contact to you urgent is that right now I can’t access to claim the box due to condition of depositing, but I am entitle as the next of kin to appoint a foreign guardian outside Ivory Coast who could stand for me to claim the box for investment purpose according to the agreements signed between the security firm and my late father.
       My late father Mr. Raymond Kanga was a wealthy cocoa and gold merchant during his days in Abidjan the economic capital of Ivory Coast, he was poisoned to death last year 2016 and it was suspected to be his junior brother that killed him so he can take over all his wealth and properties. Please, I need your urgent great assistance to claim and to transfer the said trunk box out of my country here in Ivory Coast to your country for investment purpose and for further continuation of my education follow to my late father instruction to me before his sudden death in a private hospital here.
    Please I am seriously in needs of your urgent help to claim the box so I can able to come to your country to settle down finally and continue my education while you will there to help me invest the money in any lucrative business, because since the death of my father's my life is seriously in dangers here and I don't want to continue stay here in my country anymore, because, I am afraid of my uncles who are so wicked to me and they are always after my life. My situation has changed to worst since my father's died because everything my father owned as a real estate property were taken away from me by my uncles because of my youthfulness as a young girl. My uncles claimed that no female child can inherit any family properties that according to our traditions. But thanks my late father's kept this funds for me in a private security house here and that is only my hope out of all my late father's wealth nothing more else. 
     Please I am urgently looking forward to hearing back from you if you are willing to help me out, also you let me know how much the percentage that you will like to take as commission for your great assistance toward the transaction.
  Thanking you a lot in anticipation of your quick response.
 With love & regards,
Ms. Sandra Kanga.  

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