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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: Rodney Walter <rodneywalter091@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kamararaphael92@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:50:26 -0700
Subject: Proposal.

Hello dear,

Let me inform you about my desire to establish a business relationship with
you. I got your phone from the world wide web directory. I prayed about it
and chose your name among other names because my mind told me that you are
a reliable and honest person that I can share my problems with and do
business with. So I won't trust you on this simple and honest matter.

I am Rafael Camara, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Camara. 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 discuss a business deal.

When my mother died on the 6th August 2019, my father took me special
because I am the only child and motherless. Before the death of my father
on 30th March 2024 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 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 money from me in your account by specifying a bank account to
which the money should be transferred.
2) As a guardian in this case as he is an 18 year old boy, he has no work
experience.
3) Please help me come to your country as soon as the money is deposited in
your account to continue my education and my new life.

After successfully transferring this account to your designated account
abroad, I would like to give you 15% of the money as a reward for the
effort. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you and God bless
you.

For more information I await your reply through my email address at (
kamararaphael92@gmail.com).

Yours faithfully.

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