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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: kigali kabila <kigali_kabila0006@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:20:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Thank you and i want you to know that you are on the right side.


Dear VICTIMNAME,
First of all every thing made or created by God is of two folds or kind,Male and female bad and good ,real and fake etc.
So what iam saying here is that mine is real and good,so you are on the right side,This money is seeing and believing ,it is not a question of bring any thing or that what you need to do is to write to the security company and you sign out the consignment,if there is any money you will spend that you take out of my money immediately you sign out the consignment.But you will do me one favor dont ever let the security company know that the consignment contained cash money and immediately the consignment is released to you i will sneak out and meet you in London and continue my Higher Education.

I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Ken Kigali Kabila.
:

I apologize for the late reply.
Last year I received an email about an inheritance in Cote d'Ivoire. Even though I paid almost £2500 ($5000) in fees to Barrister Eze, I have not yet received the money.
I don't want to get burnt again.
Can I really trust you?
VICTIMNAME
Harrow, London




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