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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: lookwell kigali <kigali_7@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:15:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Very Confidential Your Urgent Reply Is Needed.


 
 




MY Dear Friend. 

Permits me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I am Look well Kigali, the first son of late Mr. Moses Kigali, my father was a very wealthy gold and diamond merchant in Sierra Leone.

He was poisoned to death by his business associate in one of their business outings. When my mother died on the 21st October 2005, my father took my brother and me so special because we were motherless.

Before the death of my father on the 29th November 2006 in a private hospital in Abidjan, he sincerely called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum $57,000,000 US DOLLARS (Fifty SEVEN MILLION USA DOLLARS) and the 84kg of AU gold, 36g of pure Diamond kept in a security company in Ghana.

He also said that the security company does not know the content of safe boxes. He also used my name to deposit the money as his first son for next of king. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes want you to assist me in clearing this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose, such are real estate management.

My interested areas of investment are: REAL ESTATE, HOTELS, and PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.

I am honorableness for your assistance in the following ways.

(1) To assist met to clear this fund from the security company and transfer to your account successfully.

(2) To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a boy of (22) yrs.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit in your country. Moreover am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as compensation for your effort / input after the successful delivering of the consignments to you country.

Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me, as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within 14 day, from the day you signify interest to assist me. Call me as soon as you get proposal on this number: +233-5435-56156

Best regards,
Lookwell Kigali
 
 
 

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