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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: "From Joseph" <josephkampo91@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: josephkampo9@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:06:02 +0100
Subject: Your Message

>From Joseph Kampo
rue 12 cocody angree
cote d' ivoire
abidjan.
Email,josephkampo9@yahoo.fr


Attn Please,

My name is joseph kampo,the son of late chief Dr simon kampo from kumassi Ghana.My late father was former chief village of siko_jokoro in kumassi and he is the owner of jokoro export limited.
Before his untimely death he disclosed to me as the only son that he deposited 3.5m dollar and one trunk box that contain 25kg of raw gold in one of security company in cote d' ivoire abidjan for his foreign business partner which he did not mention any name.I am now in cote d' ivoire for my life as my father's inlaws want to kill me and take all my father's wealth.Please i will like you to assist me to claim this boxes from the security company as my late father's foreign partner.
I will offer you 15% from the total sum and also 5kg from the gold.
Please if you interested respond immediately so that i will give you all the informations or you can call me on 00225764841.
May God bless you.
Thanks
Joseph.


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