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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: "Mrs Finda Kula" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsfindakula@live.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:23:02 -0700
Subject: From Mrs Finda Kula


Dear friend,

I wish to solicit your help in investing my family fund in your country and also to help in our resettlement. I am writing you this mail with the hope that you will consider and give it an urgent and favourable reply.

My name is Mrs Finda Kula, a citizen of Sierra-Leone and the wife of late Mr Tamba Kula, who before his death was the manager of Sierra-Leone Gold and
Diamond Corporation ( SGDC). I hope you are aware of the war going on in my country for the past five years now. It was in one of the attacks by the rebels
that led to the killing of my dear husband leaving me and the six children as the only survivors, because we went to a funeral when we heard of the killing of
my husband so we felt unsafe in the country and managed to escape Sierra-Leone through the help of a fisherman who operates a fishing vessel through and fro a
coastal river in Sierra Leone, and finally got into London (UK) through the help of another good samaritan with a shipping line.

Please, with us is TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (USD10.5M) presently deposited in a Security and Finance Company in the West African country. My aim of contacting you is to seek your able assistance as a front in transfering this fund abroad in your bank account, then as a business developer, you will also help us to wisely invest the money in areas you deem lucrative and finally assist us to obtain a residential permit for us to stay comfortably there in your country.

Please for God's sake, be merciful to us and help us get this money out of Sierra Leone into your account abroad. We are willing to give you 20% for your help to see this done for us. I will send you the proof of this transaction as soon as we
favourably hear from you.

And please we implore you to treat this transaction with all secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons. This is because my late husband secretely deposited the funds in a coded account with the Security and Finance Company in Sierra Leone.

May God bless you in abundance as you show mercy to those that are in need of
mercy.

Best Regards,

Mrs Finda Kula.




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