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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: Raphael Kamara <kamarar27@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 14:47:06 +0100
Subject: Raphael Kamara

Greetings,

I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart.
With due respect trust and humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a
little patience and read through my letter i feel quite safe dealing
with you in this important business, honestly i am writing this email
to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, i will really like
to have a good relationship with you and i have a special reason why i
decided to contact you, i decided to contact you due to the urgency of
my situation. My name is Raphael Kamara Son of Late Mr and Mrs Chief
Vincent Kamara. I am soliciting for your assistance to save my life
that is in danger because the money I inherited from my late father,
Seven Million five hundred thousand United State Dollars USD
($7,500,000.00, I inherited these money from my late father after his
death. I am 19 years old boy from Sierra Leone, I am presently at
Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast where the bank my late
father deposited the money is located for my safety and to seek for
the transfer of these money to Overseas for onward investment in your
country. My late father was a coffee and cocoa beans exporter in
Abidjan when he was alive. He was poisoned to death by my stepmother,
he died last year November 18th, 2019. Since after the painful death
of my late father, my step-mother was desperately after my life
because of this money.

Please I want you to be my Guardian. I need your maximum assistance to
transfer this money into any bank account safe you can provide for me
and to help me to invest the money into Real Estate business
investment you can manage on my behalf while I continued my studies in
any best school.

I have made a vow to give you 15% of this money for your kind
assistance and you will help me to invest and mange the remaining 85%
into any secured investment you can approve. I want you to receive me
and help me as your own son and as your family member is protect my
right and my interest with fear of God as I want to entrust you with
all my heart that support me to archive a better future under your
guardian. I'll give you more details as soon as I got your answer.
regards,
Raphael Kamara

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