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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: "mary kalo" <marykalo22@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mary_kalo3@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:58:12 +0200
Subject: Good Day,

Good Day,
I am Mrs.Mary Kalo from Sierra Leone. I lost my husband a couple of months
ago. My husband was a serving director of the Agro- exporting board until
his death .

He was assassinated last January by the rebels during the political
uprising. Before his death he had a foreign account here in Côte d?Ivoire
where he made a deposit of US$10.5 Million Dollars which he deposited for
the purchase of cocoa processing machineand development of another factory
before his untimely death.
Being that this part of the world experiences political crises time without
number, there is no guarantee of lives and property.I cannot invest this
money here any long, despite it has been my late husband?s industrial
plans.I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to a safe
account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary . I have plans
to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of my late
husband, but not in this place again rather in your country.

I have the vision of going into real estate and industrial production. This
is my reason for contacting you. Please if you are willing to assist me and
my only son Ken, indicate your interest in replying soonest.

Thanks and best regards .
Yours,
Mrs. Mary Kalo

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