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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 <a510170191@student.ums.ac.id>
Reply-To: kamararaphael92@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:08:57 -0700
Subject: Hope my message was received?


Hello,

Allow me to inform you of my desire to enter into a business relationship
with you. I have your contact from the directory of the international site.
I prayed for this and chose your name among other names because of what my
spirit told me that you are a reputable and reliable person to whom I can
expose my proof and do business with. Therefore, you should not hesitate to
trust this simple and honest matter.

I am Raphaël Kamara, the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 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
partners during one of his trips to discuss a business deal.

When my mother died on August 6, 2019, my father accepted me especially
because I am an only child and without a mother. Before my father died on
March 30, 2024 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me
to his bedside and told me that he had the sum of $7,500,000 (Seven Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a pending account in a bar. bank here in
Abidjan, that he used my name as his only child for relatives in deposit
the fund. He explained to me that it was because of this wealth and the
large amount of money that his business partners had to balance with him
because of the business they did, that he was poisoned by his associates of
l business, that would seek a God. -The fear of the foreign partner in a
country of my choice where I transferred that money and use it for
investment purposes (such as property management).

Please, I respectfully request your assistance in the following ways.
1) To get the money for me in your account provide a bank account where the
money will be transferred.
2) To serve as a guardian of this since I am an 18 year old kid with no
business experience.
3) To help me come to your country once the money is transferred to your
account so I can continue my studies and a new life.

I am ready to give 15% of the amount as compensation for the efforts made
after the successful transfer of these funds to your designated overseas
account. I look forward to hearing from you soon, please. Thank you and God
bless you.

I await your reply via my private email address at (
kamararaphael92@gmail.com) for more details.

Best Regards..

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