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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: Kwame Mbra <kwamembra@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 10:45:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: i need your urgent response

ATTENTION PLEASE

I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE MAY BE STRANGE TO YOU. MY NAMES ARE MR, KWAME MBRA, I AM FROM REPUBLIC OF IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA. I WORK WITH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE; MY MAIN REASON OF WRITING THIS LETTER TO YOU IS TO INFORM YOU THE PRESENT SITUATION AND ALSO WHAT IS LOOMING IN OUR COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY IS PREPARING FOR A WAR DUE TO WHAT OUR PRESIDENT IS PLANNING AGAINST NEXT YEAR, OUR CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT NO HEAD OF STATE WILL PRESENT HIS OR HER CANDIDACY FOR THIRD TIME, BUT THIS HEAD OF STATE IS COMING OUT FOR THIRD TIME, SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, PANIC HAS TAKEN PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY.

DEFINITELY WE NEVER KNEW EACH OTHER BUT I FEEL THAT YOU WILL BE HONEST, I GOT YOUR EMAIL VIA GOOGLE, I ONLY NEED TO TRANSFER SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, THAT IS ONLY WHAT I REALIZED ALL THE DAYS I SPENT IN THE OFFICE, THE AMOUNT IS ; 4.5. 000.000 , FOUR MIILION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS, IT IS RISK FREE, I ONLY NEED YOUR SERIOUSNESS AND HONESTY SO THAT I CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE TRANSFER, I HAVE SO MANY BUILDINGS HERE AND ALSO SOME PLOTS OF LAND AND OTHER PROPERTIES, BUT I CANNOT RUN AWAY WITH ALL THESE, THAT IS WHY I WANT TO SECURE MY CASH FIRST. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU WANT TO HELP ME TO SECURE THIS MONEY. I WILL TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE THAT WILL BE YOUR OWN PROFIT AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR RESPONSE


THANKS.

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