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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Komo <rosekomo18@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Rose Komo <rosekomo18@yahoo.com.ve>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 03:28:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Greetings to you,

My Greetings to you,

It is my pleasure to write you, I
decided to contact you to help me out of my problem, however is not
mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your
will, butfirst Iet me introduce myself to you. With due respect and with
GOD all thing are possible that is why I call for help to please Permit
me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with
you. I prayed and selected your name among other names due to my trust
and my faith in God; I must not hesitate to confide in you for this
simple and sincere clean business 100% riskfree assurance. I am Miss
Rose Komo the only daughter of late Mr.Joseph komo My father was a very
wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan the economic capital of Ivory Coast
WestAfrica. My late father explained to me that it was because of this
wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should
seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real
estate management or hotel management. I am honourably seeking your
assistance in the

following ways:

(1) To provide a bank account in which this money would be transferred into.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22 years old.

(3)
To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover,
I am willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your bank
account.

Please write back to me immediate you received this
mail for us to proceed in this transaction which I believed that you
shall call me for good news that you
have confirm my money in an account which you will provide to the bank
here. Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I
believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) days
you signify interest to assist me.

Thanks and God bless you.

Best regards,

Miss Rose Komo

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