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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: Aminata El-Kerdi <aminataarmand@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Aminata El-Kerdi <aminataarmand11@hotmail.fr>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:52:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Aminata El-Kerdi



Hello Dear.

Please
permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I contacted you after going through your profile,
I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its
esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and
trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the
recommendation, I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple
and sincere business.

I am Miss Aminata El-Kerdi the only
daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Mrs El=Kerdi. My father was a very
preeminent oil and gas entrepreneur before his death. He also had
extensive investments in real estate; my father was poisoned to death by
his business associates. My mother died when I was a baby and since
then my father took me so special. Before the death of my
father, he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has
the sum of Ten million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD
($5,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime
bank that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in
depositing of the fund. He also 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 any country of my choice where i
will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real
estate investment, Hotel management or any investment of my choice.

Dear, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.

To serve as a guardian of this fund and the investment because of my little age.

To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
Education and
to secure a resident permit there in your country.

Moreover,
dear, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for
your effort after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated bank account in overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your
options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be
concluded within few days.


Anticipating hearing from you soon.


Best regards,

Miss Aminata El-Kerdi.

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