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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: "Timothy Kiprono" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kipronotimothy1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:22:57 -0700
Subject: Looking forward to hear from you.

Hello

I am writing this mail to you With due respect trust and humility, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation, My name is Timothy Kiprono, 26yrs old and I’m from Kenya in East Africa. My late father Joseph Kiprono was the former Kenyan road Minister. Him and the Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Salim Lone had been on board in the Cessna 210, which was headed to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong'a in western Kenya.

After the burial of my father, my step-Mother and uncle conspired and sold my father's property to an Italian Expertrate which they shared the money among themselves and left nothing for me. One faithful morning I opened my late father's briefcase and found out the documents which he used in depositing huge amount of money in a Bank in Europe with my name as the next of kin, thereafter I traveled to England to withdraw the money so that I can take care of myself and continue with my studies also invest in a business. on my arrival at the Bank, I met with the account officer which my late father mentioned in the documents I found in late father briefcase, whom told me that my father's instruction in his will to the Bank was that the money would only be release to me when I present a trustee who will help me and invest the money wisely. I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him or her to the Bank for transfer of the money to his or her B

I relocated to England because my step-Mother have threatened to assassinate me and is also better for me since England is where my late father deposited the money with my name as the next of Kin which I have the documents for the claims, though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well I will say that my mind convinced me that you might be the true person to help me. if you can help me and I'm convinced also satisfied to disclose more to you, I will discuss further with you concerning this issue. The total amount is ($5.8Million United State Dollars) which I have confirmed from the Bank, It is my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total funds for your services and the balance will be my capital in my establishment.

As soon as I receive your positive response showing you are a honest and reliable person, I will put you in contact with the account officer in charge of the funds as my trustee to transfer the fund on my behalf. I will appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this to your self alone until the Bank transfer the money, and I also beg you not to disclose it to anyone until I come over to meet with you in your country because I am afraid of my wicked step-mother who has threatened to kill me and take over the money, maybe I might start a University in your country so that I can complete my studies.

Thanks
God bless you
Timothy Kiprono.
Contact me at my email, kipronotimothy1@gmail.com

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