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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: "Ms Kanga," <alnkanga@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Ms Kanga," <ablegirl2017@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:44:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.


 From Miss Sandra Kanga.  Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.
Greetings,
    In the first place, I am very sorry for my inconvenience. My name is Miss Sandra Kanga the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kanga. My father was the director general of oil and gas refinery sector‘s here in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.  My father died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. And it was suspected to be his junior brother that killed him so that he can take over all his wealth and properties but only God knows. Also my mother died when I was two years old during childbirth and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on 19 of July 2017 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of (Five million, two hundred thousand United State Dollars). (US$5.200, 000) left in a fixed/suspense account in one of the private Bank’s here in Abidjan Ivory Coast for onward transfer to a foreign account,  he said that he used my names her only daughter for the next of kin in depositing of the fund, he said the money meant for his business in abroad.  He explained that I must reach the age of 22 years old before I can access to the money due to the agreements he signed with the bank here while depositing the money, therefore, he gave me instruction 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. 
   Therefore, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 20 years as I haven't traveled to overseas before.(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.
    Please I am urgently looking forward to hearing back from you on your capability to help me to transfer the money to your country, so that I can able to come over to your country to settle down finally and to continue my education, because I don't want to continue to stay here in my country anymore, because, I am afraid of my uncles here who are so wicked to me. Since after the death of my father's, my life is seriously in dangers here, they are always seeking to kill me. My situation has changed to worst since my father's died because everything my father owned as real estate property were taken away from me by my uncles because of my youthfulness as a young girl. My uncles claimed that no female child can inherit any family properties that according to our traditions. But fortunate that my late father's secretly deposited this money in my name as next of kin in the bank here and that is my only hope now out of all my late father's wealth and properties, because those my wicked uncles didn't know about the deposit.  In fact, presently, now I have left my father’s home to hiding myself in a mission house here just for my life safety, I manage staying there for a while till I will get rid of this transaction and leave here finally.
    Please by return of this email, kindly let me know how much the percentage that you will like to take as commission for your great assistance toward the transaction.
  Thanking you a lot in anticipation of your quick response.
 With love & regards,
Ms. Sandra Kanga.

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