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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: Adika <adikaaadikakukua@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:49:43 -1200
Subject: Re,

From Miss Adika kukua


Dear One,
It is my pleasure to introduce myself to your good self. My name is Adika
kukua , I am an orphan (19 years old). My late father was the Managing
Director of a cocoa export company here in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire until his
untimely death on the 2nd of October 2020 . He was poisioned by his
business associates while my mother died wen i was small.

Soon as my father died, I later found out that he has some deposit in
suspense account in a bank here in Abidjan before he died and it is only me
that have the knowledge of this. He also made me the next of kin when he
deposited the money in the account.

This is the reason why I am contacting you. I am a 19years old as I told
you earlier. I just finished my high school and I would like to go into
business with this heritage.

I am contacting you so that you can become my business partner by helping
me to transfer the money in any account you can nominate in your country.
After the successful transfer of the money, I will then move together with
you to your country, where we shall invest the money in a viable
investment. The sum in question is three million, five hundred thousand US
dollar(US$3,500,000). I also hope to continue my education in your country
from this amount as soon as the money and myself gets to your country.

Immediately upon the successful transfer of this money and my subsequent
travel to your country, I will compensate you with 10% of the total sum
that would be transferred for your kind assistance.

You will also serve as a guardian of the joint investment we are going to
operate together.Please, I pray you to keep this email confidential for
security reasons.

I hope you will understand my plight. I am expecting your kind response as
soon as possible
May God bless you mightily!!!

Yours sincerely,

Miss Adika kukua

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