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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: "Smith Kabila" <info@abx.publicvm.com>
Reply-To: "Smith Kabila" <smithmai785@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 04:48:16 -0700
Subject: Hello 3/8/2020 4:49:15 AM

Please permit me the time and chance to introduce myself to you. My name is Smith Kabila from Sudan in Africa, I am 16yrs of age(Male), but am presently staying in Ghana. My late father Michael Kabila was the owner of the diamond-mining co-operation in Sudan and also has a branch office in Ghana which is called the Gold Coast. As a result of this, he was killed by the rebels in my country because of the political unrest in my country. Before his death, he deposited a consignment that contained, AU Gold Dust, which quantity is 950kg and a huge sum of money, in a security company here in Accra Ghana which is my motherland, but my late father deposited it as family belongings and that was the information he told my mother as at the time of deposit, not until about One year after his death that we found out in a secret diary the true contents and the documents showing the deposit of the consignments in the Security Company. Like my beloved mother narrated to me, my uncles had ta!
ken over all that my father left for me over there in Sudan and I cannot go back there because of the current war.

Just two weeks ago the security company was able to contact me and said my uncles reached out to them and trying to make claim but was declined because I am the next of kin. They are trying to take advantage of me as the only child because my mother and father got separated while I was very young.

Also during the time of deposit, my father stated in the documents that the consignment should only be released to me when i am 16yrs but I must present a foreign investor/partner who can stand as my guardian to help me invest the money in any meaningful/lucrative business in your country and also help me come over to further my education.

Right now I am not safe here and due to my bad health condition, I cannot handle this all by myself. This is why I came to seek for a trust person to stand as my foreign beneficiary/partner, to receive this for me so that you can help me invest it in any profitable business in your country because this is my only hope and source of livelihood.

I am anxiously waiting to hear from you so that I can forward all documentation and tell you how to make claim.

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