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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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Fraud email example:

From: PRISKA KONE <priska_kone100@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: konepriska_555@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:34:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dearest Friend,


Dearest Friend,
 
  Dearest friend i will like you to assist me for my present situation now,
    
Before i proceed.
I will like to further introduse myself to you. My name is priska kone.
Am from Ripoblic of Cote'd'voire,or cal it Ivory coast West Africa.
I am 22 years old girl, the only child and dauther of my late parents,
mr and mrs Christopher kone, i lost my mother when i was a child and lost my father on 9th of January 2008 and since then i am in suffering due to nobody to take proper care of me. Infact i am very happy when i recieve your mail because i know that what ever God joing together nobody will cut it, so is God purpose that you will help me transfer this money into your account for investement purpose, and i never contacted any body for this is only you i give contact.
                            This is what i want you to do for me.
 
(1)  To provide a bank account where this money can be transfered into.
(2)  To make arrangements for me to come over to your country after the successful transfering of this money to your account to come and further my education.
(3)  To help invest this money in a profitable business since i am only 22yrs of age and do not know much about business.
(4)  I want you to promise me that you are not going to betray me after the money gets to your account. As you know i am orphan child and i promise you that if you help me transfer this money into your account and also make me to have rest of mind God wiil surely bless you and also give you more life,
      
       The reasing why i contacted you is for you to assist me transfer the sum of (USD10,m) ten million dollars which I inherited from my father after his death as his only dauther into your account in your country and as well make arrangements for me to come over and stay in your country.
       Some months after the burial of my father i went to the bank to withraw some money from the account, but the bank manager refused telling me that i can not have any access to the money untill it gets transfer into a foreign account becaues my late father deposited the money in a fixed suspense account for purpose of onward transfer into a foreign account before his death.
       Therefore the money has to be transfered before i can have access to it and since i do not have any foreign account, I decided to contact you for an assistant to help provide an account where this money can be transfer into for investment purpose in your country.
Once the money has arrives into your account, I will then come over to stay with you over there to continue my education, please i will like this transaction to be completed within the shortest period of time so that i can come to your country and start a new life.
 
Presently i am lodged in a hotel for security purpose since i can not stay in my fathers house for fear of my uncle who is trying to kill me because of this money he want to kill me in order to claim this money by himself.
Please it is very important that you provide me with account details and other informations like your office and home address. Again your contact telephone number so that i will submith it to the bank for the transfer.
Finally i have made up my mind to give to you 15% out of the total money for your assistance after the successful transfering of this money into your account. I will send to you a copy of my photograph on my next mail and i will like you to send to me your own photo so that
we can know each other very well. Immediately i hear from you i will send to you the bank contact information so that you will contact the banker for more details about this money and how it can be transfer into your account. Please Sir i will like to have your private telephone number.
 
Regards,
Priska.
 

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