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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: Raphael Kamara <kamaraf3000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kamaraf3000@yahoo.cn
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:40:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Raphael Kamara


>From Raphael Kamara
Add: 7 rue St. Bernard, Gonzac,
Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire.

 
Hello My Dear,
 
I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country, I am Raphael Kamara and my junior sister Juliet Kamara, the only son and daughter of late Mr and Mrs Vincent Kamara, My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. When my mother died on a car accident on the 6th August 2001, my father took I and my Junior sister Juliet so special because we are motherless and lost happiness in life before the death of my father on 30th June 2009 in a private hospital in Freetown Sierra leaon.
 
We are writing you in absolute confidence to seek your assistance to transfer the sum of USD $7,500,000.00 which our late father deposited in a bank here in Ivory Coast. He wanted to used this money for state governorship campaign in my Country Sierra leaon before he was poisoned to death. Now I and my sister have decided to invest these money in a country were there is no political war because we don't want to experience what we have past through in the past again our country. We want to transfer these funds for investment in your country. That was why I felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the grace of God you will help me invest this money wisely.
 
We are ready to offer you 15% of the total amount as your compersation for assisting us to receive the money in your account and another 10% as annual interest to you especially for securing the money for us in a good busines which you will have absolute control over untill we finish our studies.
 
We are honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways also (1)To serve as a guardian of this fund (2) To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education and to secure a resident permit in your country.
 
I await your soonest response for more details.
 
Respectfully,
Raphael and Julliet 

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