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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: "Daniel Kaloja" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <willsonvictor001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:27:16 -0800
Subject: Hi, Good Morning.

Hi, Good Morning.

I know this revelation will keep you wondering why should I trust you with this information's I am about to reveal to you or if what I am saying is the truth especially with the high level of scam mails going around all over the internet, please I need you to trust and believe me if you can. I need you to make out time to read this mail attentively in order to understand the reason I am sending you this mail.


I am Daniel, 20 years of age, the only child of my parents, Mr and Mrs.Wilson Victor, My parents were Natives of Ivory Coast before they migrated to the United States when I was just 4 year old. We lived at No 215 West Wieuca Road North-east Atlanta, Georgia USA and I attended the famous Frederick Douglass High School Northwest Atlanta, Georgia USA, but when my mother fell sick and died June 2005, My father became weak every day and later he fall sick, I believe it was the shock of my mum's sudden death that deteriorated his health.


He got retired from his office, Fidelity National Insurance Company at No 200 Galleria Parkway Southeast Atlanta GA 30339 USA October 2006, from there we moved to New York City because of my dad medication.

Then December 2008 my father called me and told that he doesn't want to die in a foreign land. That he has made enough money, that he felt the best thing for him to do now is for us to relocate back to his home country of COTE D'lVOIRE so that he can set up his own Insurance company and give job opportunities to his people and he also told me that he want me to learn about his people and their culture. On the 14 of December 2008 we returned back to COTE D'lVOIRE.

Then after some time my dad started to look for properties to buy to use for an office, in several occasions I went out with him to inspect some properties. But unfortunately on the 22nd of February 2009 my father collapsed and later died.

Why am telling you all this because now my life in danger and well know that your stranger which you can help me out!!! The reason I am telling you and revealing to you my family's secret because my late dad's burial is over and my Uncles are now searching every where looking for the deposit documents that my father used in depositing his money in the security company when his sickness became serious.

But they doesn't know that I have hide the documents in a safe place outside the house where they can not find them based on my late father's advice on his sick bed before his death. This secret has been in my mind for years now and I don't even know who to tell because I need someone to help me receive this money to enable me leave here peacefully. This is the reason I contacted you to help me received the money.

That mean you will provide me all your information, which I will be submitting to the security company and then after you claim the money out from the security company,I will take the next available flight to join you once you confirm to me that you have received the money in your account.

I have thought about it and I came to the conclusion that this is the only way I can get the money out of here without my uncles knowing about it.
If you have the fear of God Almighty and believe that you can help me please respond to this mail include with your direct telephone number and also try to call me for more details.

I want you to know that I passed across so many people with many profiles before I came in contact with your contact information and when I did, my heart and the spirit of God dwelling inside me asked me to have confident and trust you.

God bless you as I look forward in meeting you soon!!!

Thanks,

Wilson Victor

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