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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: "Martin Kone" <martin.7bb@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: martin7bb@atlas.sk
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:33:48 +0100
Subject: Greetings From Martin,

Greetings,

Dear I pray to God that this message reaches you in wonderful spirit.I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the situation I found my self now. my name is Martin Kone, from Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. i got your email address through the Internet ,when i was searching for a reliable God fearing person,who will not betray me.


There is an information I would like you to keep very confidential. There is a
Huge Amount of Money (US$ 10.5million dollars) My Late Father Mr. Kone, Who
was the (chairman /President/CEO,Cacao-Cafe & Agro-Alimentary industries plc.) deposited in a Finance House before he was Assassinated by the Rebels because
of political crisis in my country and he was Assassinated with other government officials during official hours when the rebel troops stormed and raided the Cacao-Cafe Industry Office at the heat of the Crisis In my Country. with the help of French soldiers, i and my mother escaped to Senegal, where we are now, I want to investing this money in your country and I am contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy to help me to receive this money in your Account for investment by the way of clearing the money from the Finance House and then after forwarding it to your Account for investments, I and my Mother has decided to compensating you 20%of the total Amount for your Assistance,

Please do take your time to go through the mail and get back to me, so that I will simply introduce you to the Finance House where the fund is. I am waiting for your Reply Thanks And God bless you.

Yours,
Martin Kone.
martin7ccc@hotmail.com


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