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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: Ralph and Jane <martinswillam78@gmail.com>
Reply-To: checkaabbcc@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:54:54 +0100
Subject: OUR FATHER WAS POISONED

Hello dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship
with you.

I am Ralph Kamara and my younger sister Jane Kamara, the only son and
daughter of late Mr and Mrs Vincente Kamara. My father was a very wealthy
cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, before he
was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings to
discuss a business deal.

When my mother died on the 6th May 2010, my father took us so special
because we are his only children and motherless at that age. Before the
death of my father on 30th August 2017 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum
of US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million US dollars) left in a suspense account
in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only son for
the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He explained to me that it was
because of this wealth and some huge amount of money that his business
associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had, that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing
foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money
and use it for investment purpose.

Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To receive the money for me in your account by providing a Bank account
where this money would be transferred to.

2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a boy of 16 years and I do
not have business experience.

3) To help me and my younger sister Jane come over to your country as soon
as the money is transferred to your account so that we will continue our
education and a new life.

I am willing to give you 20% of the sum as compensation for effort input
after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated account
overseas. Anticipating to hear from you soonest please. Thanks and God
Bless.

Yours faithfully
Ralph and Jane Kamara

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