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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: "SAMUEL AND GLADYS KALMA" <samuelkalmay77@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: samuelkalmagy@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:51:21 -0300
Subject: Greetings,,,,



Greetings,

Good Day and be bless as I introduce myself to you with all faith and
hope you will understand us and not betray us at the end or let us down.

My name is SAMUEL and my sister's name is GLAYS KALMA, I am 17 years
old, we are from republic of Sierra Leone, but we are resident in
Abidjan Cote D’ivoire, our father died years ago in our country
Republic of Sierra Leone, He was into legal solid minerals, diamonds
and gold mining sealing which was under his positions in government
then, and he has succeeded in saving (US$9.500, 000.00) Nine Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, during our late
father’s business on legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold
mining selling he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire nearby
country to our country to save his money for security reasons because
of the political problems in our country, as our father return back to
our country Unfortunately he is dead the rebels kills him and I will
not want this money to be kept like that without any investment
purpose please we are contacting you with full trust to assist and
help us to transfer this money out from here to your country for
investment purpose hoping that you will not disappoint us or let us
down.

After the death of our father my mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast
here we are right now and our mother died here in Ivory Coast in a
private hospital because of the injuries she sustained when the rebels
attack our parents, now we are here without help in a totally strange
country without parents at our tender ages.

After the transfer of the money to your account we will give you 30%
of the total money as your own part of share for assisting to received
and invest the money, Our mother gave us all the vital documents that
cover this money in the bank before she died,

We have visited the bank to make inquires on how to transfer this
money out from here and the bank said that they will transfer this
money to any of my late father’s foreign business partner as soon
as i provide my late father’s foreign business partners details
to the bank who is to stand as the foreign beneficiary to receive and
invest the money,

The bank said that our late father reached an agreement with bank
stated that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign
beneficiary’s account and entered my name as the next of kin.
The bank said that our late father did not introduce or gave any name
to the bank as his foreign beneficiary rather he stated that in case
of any problem that I the only son will submit to the bank the details
of foreign beneficiary,

The bank said that I should look for someone who will stand as our
late father’s foreign business partners the beneficiary so that
they will transfer this money to he or her bank account

Please we need your assistance to stand as our late father’s
foreign business partner, the foreign beneficiary who is to receive
and invest the funds US$9.5 million in good profitable business,

Please if you are willing and interested in this transaction please
give us your details so that we will introduce your details to the
bank as the foreign beneficiary who is to receive and invest the funds

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your own person?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. Hope my percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible.

Please for security reasons reply to our privet Email Address
(samuelkalmayg@yahoo.com), please you can call us with this number
immediately as soon as you received this mail (+225-086-959-44 ) for
more information.

Yours Sincerely,
Samuel and Glad Kalma

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