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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: "Johnson Kamara" <Jr_kamara85@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jonhson44@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:21:40 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS WITH YOU....

FROM: JOHNSON KAMARA
COUNTRY: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
TELEPHONE: +22507250216

REPLY ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS
jonhson44@yahoo.it

DEAR FRIEND,
I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION THROUGH THIS SITE AND I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU, HOPING THAT YOU ASSIST ME.

I AM JOHNSON KAMARA (22 YEARS OLD) THE ONLY SON OF LATE CHIEF JOSEPH MICHEL KAMARA, WHO WAS A FAMOUS AND WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN HERE,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST. I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE SUM OF (US$3,200,000.00) THREE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT OVERSEAS FOR AN INVESTMENTS PURPOSES.

I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 10% OF THIS MY TOTAL FUND AS YOUR COMMISSION FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE TO ME.PLEASE KINDLY CALL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MY LETTER ON THIS MY DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER +225 07250216 FOR MORE IMPORTANT DETAILS CONCERNING THIS MY MUTUAL TRANSACTION.

YOURS FRIEND,

JOHNSON KAMARA


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