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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: Raphael Kamara <kamarar27@gmail.com>
Reply-To: raphaelkamarar@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:29:01 +0100
Subject: Raphael Kamara

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Greetings to you,

My name is Raphael Kamara, the only son and child of my late parents
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Kamara. I write this message to you with deep
sorrow in my heart because of the mysterious death of my parents. With
respect, confidence and humanity, I invite you to show a little
patience and read my letter because I have decided to contact you due
to the urgency of my situation.

I am asking for your help to save my life which is in danger because
of the money I inherited from my late father, Seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($ 7,500,000.00, I inherited this money
from my late father after his death. I am a 17 year old boy from
Sierra Leone and I am currently in Abidjan, the economic capital of
Côte d'Ivoire where my late father deposited the money for my safety
and to look for the transfer money abroad for investment in your
country. my father was a coffee and cocoa exporter in Abidjan during
his lifetime. He was poisoned to death by my mother-in-law; he died
the year last November 18, 2019. Since the painful death of my late
father, my mother-in-law has been desperately wiping out my life
because of this money.

Please I want you to be my tutor. I need your maximum help to transfer
this money to any safe bank account you provide to me and to help me
invest this money in any good business investment that you can manage
on my behalf while I pursue my studies in your country. I am ready to
give you 20% of this money for your kind assistance and you will help
me invest and manage the remaining 80% in any secure investment.

Thank you and God bless you as I look forward to your response

Regards,

Raphael Kamara.

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