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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: "eric.kabumka@cantv.net" <eric.kabumka@cantv.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:26:13 -0430
Subject: YOU WILL HELP ME AND MY SISTER NOW.ANSWER ME NOW,

YOU WILL HELP ME AND MY SISTER NOW.ANSWER ME NOW,
 
Me and my sister arrived here,Abidjan republic of Ivory Coast ,through the mercy and the grace of God,if not we could have been dead our country because our late father's brother wanted to inherit my late father's wealth and estates.Even now,he have forcefully collected all my father's properties like buildings and cars,e.t.c.
 
He and his wife always punish me and my sister, and have made life very difficult for us. The wife serve me a poisoned rice meal, but for the devine mercy of God Almighty, me and my sister did not to eat the meal. i wasted and threw away the meal into the dust bin and on the following morning,i and my sister discovered and found the house cat dead  in the dust bin after eating the poisoned rice..This developement made me to run away from here immediately with my kid sister to Abidjan,the economy capital of Ivory Coast. And we don't want to over stay long here in abidjan because we do not know anybody here and again me and my sister do not have much pocket money to pay for our hotel bills.
 
My name is Eric Kabumka.I need your help now.YOU WILL HELP ME AND MY SISTER NOW.ANSWER ME NOW.we are the only children of late Mr.Kabumka.Our late father was a very rich man before his death.Our late father is dead now.Our mother died 17 years ago, precisely during the child deliverly birth of my kid sister.AND NOW, WE ARE LEFT ALONE IN THIS EVIL WORLD.I am 19 years old and my sister is 17 years old.Me and my sister wish to continue our education in your country.I want to study medicine so as to become a medical doctor,why my sister want to study nurse to become a nurse.We have plans to build a big hospital in your country after our graduation from the medical school.
 
Before the death of our father in a private hospital, he secretly called me by his hospital bed side and told me that he deposited  Twent Million United States Dollars(USD $20 million)  for Me and my sister .Me and my sister need you to help us keep the USD $20 million safe and secure for us because we are too young to manage and keep this big cash by ourselves.we also wish to continue our education in your country and you will help us invest the money in your country.Me and my sister has agreed to reward you with 10% of the money.
 
I WANT YOU TO BE HONEST AND FAITHFULL TO ME AND MY SISTER.Me and my sister wish that you will be sincere and faithfull to us and promise not to betray us and run away with our family money because the 10% we have promise to reward you with is good enough to make you to be kind and love orphans like me and my sister.We wish that you will love and care for us because we have no father and mother.
I wait for your reply now.
Yours Faithfully,
Eric
YOU CAN CALL US ON +22507494606

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