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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: "From Rose Kunta" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <RoseKunta@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:59:50 -0800
Subject: Dearest One

 
 
From Rose Kunta
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
 
Dearest One,
 
My name is Rose Kunta from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, I am 19 yrs old. I know this may come as surprise to you, Since we do not know each other,but i am contacting you with trust, believe and faith i have, that you will be able to help me. I know that beause of so many things taken possession of the Internet making it extremely difficult for genuine people to be recognized. I assured you that you will never ever regret helping me. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to help me.
 
My father is an Engineer, he died earlier two months ago after being involved in a motor accident. Before my father died, my mother had earlier died as a result of Diabetes. My father died in the hospital while taking treatment, he told me that he deposited the sum of Three million united states dollars(US3,000,000.00) in a bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
 
He said that the money was meant for establishing his business in Abroad . Before his death he advised me to seek for a trust worthy person in abroad who will help me invest and manage this money for me until i am capable to handle it. Now I have succeeded in locating the bank here and also confirmed the money is in there confidentiality.
 
Now I am seeking for your assistance to help me move this money out from this bank to your bank account so that you can manage and invest it well in your country and also help me move out from here to your country so that I can continue my education which i stopped since the death of my father.
 
I am anxiously Waiting to hear from you .Please i am willing to give you 20% from the total amount for standing as my guardian, as soon as i hear quickly from you, i will give you more details.
 
Reply me on this email    rosekun77777@outlook.com
 
Thanks and God Bless
 

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