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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 <cxvx026k@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rkamara999@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:29:39 +0100
Subject: Raphael Kamara

Hello dear,

Please permit me to inform you of my desire to go into a business
relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web
site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other
names due to what my mind told me that you are a reputable and
trustworthy person I can expose my ordeal to and do business with. So
I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere
business.

I am Raphael Kamara, the only son of late Mr and Mrs CHIEF Vincent
Kamara. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the
economic capital of Ivory Coast, before he was poisoned to death by
his business associates on one of their outings to France to discuss a
business deal.

When my mother died on the 6th May 2019, my father took me so special
because I am his only child and motherless at that age. Before the
death of my father on 17th January 2023 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has
a sum of $7.500.000 (seven million, five hundred thousand US dollars)
left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he
used my name as his only child for the next of kin in deposit of the
fund. He explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some
huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him
from the deal they had, that he was poisoned by his business
associates, that I should seek for a God fearing 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).

Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To receive the money for me in your account by providing a Bank
account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as my guardian since I am a boy of 17 years and I do not
have business experience.
3) To help me secure a student visa to come over to your country as
soon as the money is transferred to your account so that we will
continue my education and a new life.

I am willing to give you 10% of the sum as compensation for effort
input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated
account overseas. Anticipating to hear from you quickly please. Thanks
and God Bless.

Best Regards.
Raphael Kamara

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