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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: princejoyful@excite.it
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:11:21 +0100
Subject: From Prince Joyful

FROM: PRINCE JOYFUL KAMARA
TEL: 0022507622834
EMAIL: princejoyfull@yahoo.ie

I am well confident of your capability of executing
this business for the mutual benefit of our both
families, believing that you will not expose or betray
the trust and confident I am about to repose on you.

I am contacting you with the greatest delight and
personal respect. I am PRINCE JOYFUL KAMARA, the frist
son of King RAYMOND KAMARA former minister of Mineral
Resources of the Republic of Sierra-Leone who was recently
murdered by the Forces Loyal to Corporal Foday Sankoh, due
to his support to the incumbent elected President Tejan Kabbah
to remain in the office as reported on the cable Network News (CNN) and
by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Two days before my father was assassinated, he
confided in me and ordered me to go to his
underground safe and moved out immediately with the
deposit agreement and cash receipt he made with a
Security Company in Abidjan where he deposited one
trunk box which contains cash sum of US$15,000,000
(Fifteen million United States Dollars).

I successfully smuggled out of the country to Abidjan,
Cote d'Ivoire with the help of some rebels loyal to My
father and have gone to the Security Company with the
deposit agreement to confirm the deposit myself and
also I have been granted political stay by the
government of Cote d'Ivoire.

Unknown to the Security company my father declared the
contents of the trunk as African Artworks belonging to
his foreign partner, that the keys are with him in
order to prevent them from knowing the real content.

I am now seeking for your direct assistance to front
you as the owner of the consignment and lift the
fund out of this country to your base for onward
profitable investment which necessitated my
contacting you.

We are to open a non residential bank account here in
Abidjan in your name through which the fund will be
remitting from to your bank account abroad and your
reward for this noble assistance is under negotiable.

Further detail will be made known to you on
confirmation of your interest to assist me towards
this project. Contact me through the above telephone
number +22507622834.

Expecting your immediate response.
Yours sincerely.

PRINCE JOYFUL KAMARA
EMAIL: princejoyfull@yahoo.ie


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