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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: "SAMUEL AND NINA KONAR" <sammyk01@yahoo.com.ar>
Reply-To: samuel.konar@yahoo.com.ar
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 03:28:49 +0300 (BRT)
Subject: FROM SAMUEL AND NINA KONAR,




FROM SAMUEL AND NINA KONAR,
Bingerville refugee camp
Refugee camp in Bingerville, Abidjan
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIR.

Dear,

Good Day and God bless you as I introduce myself to you with all faith and
hope you will understand us and not to betray us at the end.

My name is SAMUEL and my sister's name is NINA KONAR. We are the children
of late CHIEF HERBERT D. KONAR, I am 17 Years old, our father died years
ago in our country MENDE, Republic of Sierra Leone, He was into legal
solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining saleing which was under his
positions in government then, and he has succeeded in saving
(US$9.500,000.00) (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) during his Business on legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold
mining saleing, After he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire near
by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because
of the political problems in our country, as our father return back to our
country Unfortunately he is dead the rebels kills him and I will not want
this money to be kept like that without any investment purpose please we
are contacting you with full trust to assist and help us to transfer this
money out from here to your country for investment purpose hoping that you
will not let us down.

After the death of our father my mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast
here we are right now and our mother died here in Ivory Coast in a private
hospital because of the injuries she sustained during the war Now we are
alone in a totally strange country without parents at our tender ages.

Before our mother's death she advice us that we should do praying and
fasting to find a trust worthy person who will help us to stand as our
late father’s foreign business partner, who would help us to transfer this
money to his account and invest it in a profitable business venture in his
country and also help us to come over to his country and stay with him as
his own blood children and continue our education which terminated because
of the war in our country, She told us to do this quickly so that we can
leave Ivory Coast and then settle down in abroad because of the political
problems here now in ivory coast.

Our mother gave us all the vital documents which covers the deposited
money in the bank, she told us that our late father reached an agreement
with the bank that this money is for onward transfer to a foreign account
to any of his foreign business partner but our late father did not
introduce any name to the bank as his foreign business partner, that is
why we are contacting you to help us to stand as our late father’s foreign
business partner so that the bank will transfer this money US$9.500,000.00
million to your account, our father used my name as the only son to
deposited the money as next of kin. Our mother made us to know that this
is the reason why we run to this country Ivory Coast. My mother died after
words. May her spirit rest in perfect peace.

I am always visited the bank to make inquires on how to transfer this
money out from here and we have discussed with the director of the bank
who assured and promised to help us to transfer this money to any of my
late fathers foreign business partners immediately within 72 working hours
as soon as i provide my late fathers foreign business partners details to
the bank he also said that my father did not introduce any name to the
banks as his foreign business partners that i should submit my late
fathers foreign business partners details to the bank However, the manager
is very concerned because of our age. I am 17 years while my younger
sister is 15, he also told us that our late father reached an agreement
with they bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign account
and entered my name as the next of kin. he pleaded that I should look for
any of my late fathers foreign business partners in abroad who will help
us to transfer this money out of here to his account.

We need help from you to help us submit your name to the bank as our
fathers foreign business partner and transfer this money to your account
for investment purpose and be sincere to get travailing papers for us and
invert us to your country without cheating us or doing bad to us on my
arrival with my younger sister.

Regarding to what our late mother told us, I'm willing to give you 20% of
the money after the transfer of the money and 5% extra for any expense you
incurs in this transaction and you will use the rest to invest it in good
business, I am interested in any profitable business or commercial venture
which you consider very good in your country or abroad to invest this
money, please mail us immediately urgent to know your stands before
looking elsewhere, because you're the first person we are contacting and
also send your phone number as soon as possible for easer communication's.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your own person?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. Hope my percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible.

Please for security reasons reply to our privet EMAIL ADDRESS
(samuelkonar@yahoo.com.ar ), please you can call us with this number
(+22508695944 ) immediately for more information.

Yours Sincerely,
Samuel and Nina Konar.

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